June 7, 1919 



HORTICULTU RE 



539 



OTHER PEOPLES' OPINIONS 



Why Not Send Us Yours ? 



Boston, June 3, 1919. 

 The custom that has been displayed 

 by our people, in honor of their be- 

 loved parents who have passed to the 

 great beyond, has been explicitly 

 shown and firmly appreciated by the 

 vast populace who wear a simple flow- 

 er on a certain day each year, as a 

 token of respect for their bereaved 

 parents. The custom is American, and 

 the simplicity of its exemplification 

 with the popularity of its adoption, is 

 a crystalized acknowledgment of how 

 our young men and women respect and 

 honor the loved ones who gave them 

 birth. Could there be a more simple 

 and beautiful way of showing our es- 

 teem for our bereaved parents, than 

 by wearing a simple white carnation 

 in honor of our departed mother and 

 a red carnation in respect to our 

 father. 



These fine old people have done their 

 duty, and have done it well. They 

 have been successful in the great 

 achievements of material progress. 

 They have preserved the freedom of 

 democracy with an enviable reputation. 

 They have left young men and women 

 with strength and vigor to care for 

 the work they had so successfully 

 achieved. 



The sons and daughters of these men 

 and women have done even a greater 

 duty. They have fought for the free- 

 dom of the world, and the sorrow and 

 anguish that was brought to their 

 homes was even greater than the loss 

 of aged parents. Husbands, fathers, 

 sons, sweethearts, friends and neigh- 

 bora have sacrificed their lives, and 

 "paid the price." Why then, shouldn't 

 those brave lads be remembered, by 

 wearing a simple little flower as a 

 token of esteem to their honor. And 

 it seems to me no greater tribute 

 could be paid to the memory of these 

 brave heroes, who gave their lives so 

 cheerfully, and no more appropriate 

 day could be chosen than on the 

 eleventh day of November — the day on 

 which the armistice was signed. 



I hope the custom will be adopted, 

 and trust that it will be universal— 

 that everybody will wear a white 

 pompon chrysanthemum on that day 

 each year as a symbol of respect and 

 honor for those boys who now lie sleep- 

 ing under the poppies of Belgium and 

 in the fields of France and Russia, or 

 under the waves of the Atlantic. 



Let us, therefore, encourage this 

 simple and yet splendid demonstration 

 of our affection for the soldier dead. 

 Richard J. Hayden, 

 Park and Recreation Dept. 



A ROCKY SHORE. 

 We were asked one time by a person 

 with more curiosity than wisdom 

 whether we thought it honest to give 

 a present to an employee. We opined 

 that if one wanted decent service at 

 the hotel at lunch time one had better 

 cough up a little something. But he 

 says, no I don't mean that, I mean in 

 bigger things. Well, as to bigger 

 things, that's different; but we were 

 brought up to the idea that "steal a 

 needle steal a pin — steal a cow or all 

 be done." So you don't believe in it, 

 the lad persisted. We hedged again 

 by asking if he had ever read Captain 

 Marryat. He said yes, and I says don't 

 you remember how in the storm they 

 held the helm up and let the ship reel 

 and wallow in the trough. They could 

 see the rocks ahead, the white waves 

 raging around them. The current set 

 strongly towards the rocks. But a 

 backwash helped the helm and they 

 won clear. "Hold her," yells the Cap- 

 tain, "Rocks ahead," and Fred immed- 

 iately roared, "Throw the anchor over 

 and let everything go." But it took 

 George to save the day for with one 

 bound he slashed the halyard with 

 his knife. Down came the great spar 

 with a crash and with the helm 

 and anchor down they swung into 

 safety in the rocky haven. We stopped 

 there, out of breath, and our inquisitor 

 wanted to know what in the name of 

 the seven motherless cats that had to 

 do with giving presents or tips or 

 divies or whatever you call them. 

 Why, we replied, its like this, you see 

 that ship had no sooner got anchored 

 in that safety haven than the men, 

 taking a look ashore, found the rocks 

 all around covered with hidden, half- 

 hidden, and open pirates, with guns, 

 knives and pistols all ready and wait- 

 ing for them with whiskers bristling 

 and teeth — Oh, go to Halifax, said the 

 inquisitor, you make me sick. And off 

 he went. Of course, we kept solemn 

 until he was around the corner, and 

 then we gave Towser a playful kick — 

 and that old pup just laughed. He 

 sure did. McTavish. 



successfully, there is one more issue 

 going the rounds, for the florists to 

 participate in and that is the "Say 

 it with Flowers" issue which if proper- 

 ly finished and the $100,000 over-sub- 

 scribed will net more good-will and 

 interest outside the Bond issues of 

 Uncle Sam which we all hold dearly 

 and foremost in our duty to our 

 country, and next to that comes our 

 duty to our own cause namely, the 

 Publicity Campaign which is already 

 getting the hold on the Floral industry 

 as to make the movement the most 

 talked about activity the florists as 

 a whole have had the privelege to 

 share. 



With it has come about the tie of 

 fellow-ship for broader ideals toward 

 a more common good for all who will 

 share its interest and principal as 

 well, as the welding together of all 

 branches of the industry towards high- 

 er ideals for a more successful future 

 than we even anticipated. 



It has already produced many new 

 features toward bettering the buying 

 and selling of flowers and has aroused 

 new interest the country over and the 

 new interest it has produced will bene- 

 fit all with whom it comes in contact. 



Be one of the connecting links in 

 this bond of fellowship and participate 

 in its earnings. It will broaden us all 

 if we affiliate. 



Henry Penn, 



Chairman National Publicity Cam- 

 paign. 



THE BOND OF BROAD FELLOW- 

 SHIP 



Now that the fifth Victory Loan or 

 Liberty Loan has just been put over 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



Clifford Mehland, formerly with 

 Fred Gear, and who was with the 

 American Expeditionary Forces in 

 France, has returned to this country 

 and is in Camp in New Jersey. 



Chas. Wiethorn is the new manager 

 in charge of Peter Weiland's Cincin- 

 nati office. 



C. E. Critchell has been getting in 

 an excellent lot of peonies from out 

 of town. 



Recent visitors were Sam Seligman, 

 representing Schloss Bros., New York; 

 Mr. Blackshaw, representing Ove 

 Gnatt Co., Laporte, Ind., and J. W. 

 Rodgers, Dayton, Ohio. 



All of the Cincinnati wholesale flor- 

 ists have decided they will close each 

 Sunday during the summer months 

 and are considering the advisability of 

 making Sunday closing a permanent 

 rule. 



Recent visitors were Miss Van 

 Meter, Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. E. K. 

 Schweikert, Hinton, W. Va.; Miss 

 Margaret Weiland, Evanston, 111., and 

 C. E. Ruch, Richmond, Ind. 



