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The Florists' Review 



October 18, 1917. 



visitors make of the occasion a holiday. 

 Masses have been said in the churches 

 for the repose of the souls of the dead, 

 but there is nothing somber about the 

 day's observance; the only religious 

 touch is provided by sisters of charity, 

 who stand at the gates of the ceme- 

 teries ready to receive gifts of money 

 for charity and the hospitals. 



Through this custom of taking flow- 

 ers to the cemeteries, All Saints' day in 

 New Orleans has lost much of its sig- 

 nificance, just as Memorial day has be- 

 come a holiday. The tombs being deco- 

 rated, the visitors to the cemetery spend 

 much of the day there, walking through 

 the narrow streets, admiring the floral 

 decorations, meeting and chatting with 

 friends. 



But however much of a religious fes- 

 tival the day may have lost, it is the 

 biggest flower selling day in the year 



for the New Ofleans florists and does 

 much for the trade in that section of 

 the south. Growers time their crops for 

 All Saints' day, just as the northern 

 growers bring on their stock for JiJaster, 

 or any of the other days upon which 

 there is a big demand. It has brought 

 about a greater production of chrysan- 

 themums and there is also a demand 

 for carnations, lilies, roses and other 

 cut flowers that are little grown in the 

 south. A great majority of these are 

 purcliased in the Chicago market and 

 shipped to the southern city by express. 

 With the increased use of baskets 

 and other flower-holding receptacles, 

 the florists there also dispose of con- 

 siderable quantities of supplies, so that 

 all together All Saints' day is the day 

 that is planned for and waited for by 

 all of the members of the trade in New 

 Orleans. 



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TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! 



ANSWERING THE CALL. 



Florists Are Patriotic. 



The government continues to call the 

 young and physically sound men of the 

 country to the various army training 

 camps, where civilians are turned into 

 soldiers. Men from all walks of life 

 are responding, among them beingr many 

 members of the florists' trade. The 

 Eeview has printed the names of many 

 of these patriotic young men; it will 

 continue to print the names of others. 

 News of those who have left their busi- 

 nesses to become fighting men, or of 

 those who intend to go, will be wel- 

 comed. 



Santa Baxbara Florist Enlists. 



The feeling that he must do his 

 part to help his country in the war 



was greater in Arthur Gleave, Santa 

 Barbara, Cal., than his devotion to 

 business. Although over the draft age, 

 Mr. Gleave has enlisted in the army. 

 During his absence the store at Santa 

 Barbara will be in charge of Miss Trus- 

 sell, who has been connected with it 

 ever since Mr. Gleave started in busi- 



ness. 



Writes of Camp Life. 



In the issue for September 27, The 

 Review published the fact that Edwin 

 M. Nelson, formerly a member of the 

 staff of Baur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., had left September 21 for Camp 

 Taylor, near Louisville, Ky. October 8 

 Mr. Nelson wrote The Review regarding 

 life at the camp. His letter follows: 



"I arrived at camp and found that it 

 is not so hard on a fellow who has 

 spent his summers under glass, for he 



is already accustomed to the heat. The 

 army life is great, all right, but I shall 

 be happy when this thing is over and I 

 can return to my trade. My birthday 

 was September 28 and that day I was 

 detailed to the kitchen, dishing out 

 'eats' to my comrades. The Review 

 comes to me every Saturday, and I cer- 

 tainly give it a hearty welcome. It is 

 also the means by which I will keep 

 up with the trade." 



Mr. Nelson is with Company F, 334th 

 infantry. 



Petersons in the War. 



William A. Peterson, the Chicago nurs- 

 eryman, has given two sons to the war. 

 The elder, Harold, aged 24, is a secretary 

 of the Y. M. C. A. and is attached to 

 the British army in India. His head- 

 quarters are at Lucknow, but his duties 

 carry him over a large part of Asia. 

 When last heard from he cabled from 

 Shanghai, "Leaving Calcutta," and the 

 cable censor at San Francisco held up 

 the message until the Chicago nursery- 

 man satisfied the censor's curiosity as to 

 the identity of Peterson of Shanghai. 



Norman Peterson, aged 20, is in the 

 Red Cross service, attached to a hos- 

 pital company now stationed at Chilli- 

 cothe, O. After the war Norman hopes 

 to return to take up active work in the 

 nursery business, but Harold will con- 

 tinue in Y. M. C. A. or missionary work. 



More Bostonians Go to War. 



There is a good representation of the 

 trade in the large quota of fighting 

 men which the Hub City is contributing 

 to the army and navy. In addition to 

 those who previously were announced 

 as having joined the ranks, is Thomas 

 Iliffe, son of Daniel Iliffe, the Boston 

 greenhouse builder, who is learning how 

 to fly at Camp Kelly, Tex. Charles A. 

 Stellberger and Norman W. Hunter, 

 members of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, are also in khaki. Mr. 

 Stellberger is at the camp at Ayer, 

 Mass., and Mr. Hunter is seeing training 

 with the Pennsylvania engineers at 

 Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Melvin 

 Grey, of the Hitchings & Co. Boston 



New Orleans Retailers Fill their Stores with Stock and All Saints' Day Cleans them Out. 



