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HOETICULTUEE 



October 26, 1912 



TWO NOTABLE MEMORIAL DESIGNS. 



Tile two eliihorate floral pieces illustrated herewith 

 George Washington from 

 to the memory of Friedrich 

 the adjournment of the Co 



FLOWERS FOR HALLOWE'EN. 



The New York Florists' Club has 

 sent out many thousands of the follow- 

 ing circular to the retail florists of 

 that city and vicinity, to be distrib 



uted among their customers. 



The general purpose of the various na- 

 tional customs of celebrating Hallowe'en 

 was originally to enable the young people 

 to learn by vaticination the names of their 

 future wives or husbands. 'This was ef- 

 fected through pulling kale in the garden, 

 or oat straw from the stack; the roasting 

 of nuts on the coals; the catching in the 

 mouth of the twirling apple, or dipping for 

 It or forking it in a tub of water; by three 

 dishes, one of clean, one of foul water and 

 one empty. The family bonfire antedating 

 all these soon passed into disuse. Further 

 more, Hallowe en was the anniversary night, 

 not only of the good fairies, but also of 

 witches, devils and other mischief-making 

 beings. From the United Kingdom, Hal- 

 lowe'en observance came into the United 

 States, "England's eldesF daughter." Here, 

 In recent years, former Hallowe'en customs 

 have all too often degenerated into rude, 

 uncouth, meaningless and sometimes harm- 

 ful tricks and pranks. 



The world, however, moves and for the 

 customs which used to be as.sociated with 

 the observance of certain holidays in one 

 century, often others of nn entirely differ- 

 ent character are substituted in the next. 

 Sometimes even a decade brings marked 

 changes in the observance of holidays. 

 This is true in the case of Hallowe'en. 



As Paris in matters of dress sets the 

 fashion for the old world, so in New York 

 are inaugurated many new customs for the 

 new world. Therefore, it is not strange 

 that in this great cosmopolitan city the 

 custom has been established and is fast 

 growling in popularity of celebrating Hal- 

 lowe'en, not with bonfires and jack o'lan- 

 terns. not by mischievous and rude pranks, 

 not by fireside revelries and the learning 

 by divination of the name of a future 

 sweetheart, but in a much more delicate 

 and refined way. 



In this new observance of Hallowe'en, 

 the father brings home to his family, the 

 lover sends to his lady, friends send to 

 friends, not forgetting the sick in their 

 homes and in hospitals, beautiful and 

 fragrant flowers, the chrysanthemum, queen 

 of autumn; the rose, queen of all flowers; 

 the carnation, the divine flower; the aristo- 

 cratic uniquely beautiful orchid, the mod- 

 est lily of the valley, and the queenly lily. 

 Could any innovation be more commend- 

 able or more to be encouraged than this 



change from the rude methods of observ- 

 ing Hallowe'en in the old days to the pres- 

 ent custom of using flowers on that occa- 

 sion ? 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Thursday, Nov. 7th, will be Ladies' 

 Night at the Chicago Florists' Club 

 meeting and a fine program is undei- 

 preparation. 



The erroneous report in the Tribune 

 of the death of Otto Bach, an employee 

 of the Poehlmann Bros.' Co., provol^ed 

 a smile, notwithstanding the serious- 

 ness of the subject. 



Clifford Pruner will hereafter travel 

 in the interest of Poehlmann Bros.' 

 supply department. It is sixteen years 

 since he started with E. H. Hunt and 

 during most of these years he has rep- 

 resented that well-known house in va- 

 rious capacities. His ability as a sales- 

 man is well known and with his pleas- 

 ing personality he will be a strong 

 factor for the success of the new de- 

 partment. 



Announcement is made of the en- 

 gagement of Ella Pearce, daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Pearce of 2,137 

 Clybourii Ave., and Ashton Ricketts. 

 The wedding will take place Nov. 20 at 

 the Evangelical Bethlehem Kirche. It 

 is interesting to note that the same 

 pastor. .1. Kircher, who will perform 

 the ceremony, officiated at the wedding 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce. Miss Pearce's 

 sister, Mrs. George Tegelaar, who was 

 a bride last spring and went to Hol- 

 land with her husband, who is a bulb 

 grower, is home for the wedding. 



Visitors: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Scott, 

 Navasota, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. George 

 Tegelaar. Holland; P. N. Obertin, Ke- 

 nosha, Wis. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



D. B. Edwards of Atlantic City was 

 a visitor here last week. 



It is reported that the firm of J. R. 

 Freeman has iiurchased a one-ton au- 

 tomobile delivery truck. 



Gude Bros, have a good sized ther- 

 mometer bearing their advertisement 

 which they are distributing around 

 town. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 

 is now showing the new Irish Fire 

 Flame rose, a single recently intro- 

 duced which, because of its handsome 

 color, should prove a great favorite 

 here. 



Z. D. Blackistone and William 

 March4 took prominent parts in the 

 luncheon-meeting of the Retail Mer- 

 chants' Association, of which they are 

 very active members. The former is 

 chairman of the committee on the 

 florists trade. 



If the florists and commission mer- 

 chants of this city desire to continue 

 doing business, they must renew the 

 licenses issued to them by the District 

 of Columbia assesser of taxes promptly 

 after October 31, the date of expiration 

 of the present licenses. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. — The flower shop 

 of Mrs. Lydia Auger, 114 East Wash- 

 ington street, has been purchased by 

 Herbert Zurmuehlen, formerly man- 

 ager of the Bradley Flower Shop. 



NEW YORK NOTES. 



Alfred G. Campkin, late of Watkins 

 & Simpson, London, has joined the 

 staff of Arthur T. Boddington. 



Peter Henderson & Co. are showing 

 a very interesting collection of squash, 

 about thirty varieties. They have also 

 a good display of named chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



H. M. Robinson Co., 26th street, 

 have just had installed two new ice 

 boxes. They received this week the 

 first installment of the new chrysan- 

 themum Ivory, 



Visitors: John K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 Boston; Thos. Roland, Nahant; J. B. 

 Agnew, Agnew, Calif., and W. C. Moun- 

 tain, bulb grower, Constantinople. 



