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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBElt IS, 1017. 



visitors niako of tlio occasion a lioliday. 

 Masses liavo been saitl in tlic ciiiirclics 

 Idr tlic repose of the souls of the dead, 

 but there is iiotliiii}; somber about tlii' 

 <la>' 's <)bser\aiice; tiie only relij^ious 

 tdui.h is [irn\ iib'il by sisters of ciiarity, 

 wild staml at llu' "^ates of the ceine- 

 teiies reaily to receive j^it'ts of uioiie\' 

 I'or <-hai'ity and the hospitals. 



'J'hrduyii this custom of talviu^ tlow 

 ers to tlie reineteries, All Saints' day in 

 .\(>\v Orleans has lost nuich of its si^- 

 iiilicance, Just as Menmrial day has be- 

 come a ludiflay. 'i'lie tombs beinji; deco- 

 rated, tlie \isitors to tii(> cemetery S])end 

 Tnuch of tiie day there, \valkinir thront;h 

 the narrow streets, .•ichuirinj^r the lloral 

 decorations, nieetin;^ ami (diattiu^ witli 

 friends. 



Hut however much of a roli<jious fes- 

 tival the (hiy may have lost, it is tiio 

 biggest flower selling day in the year 



for the New Orleans tiorists ami (b)es 

 inu(h for tlie trade in that section of 

 tlie south. (1 rowers time their crops for 

 All Saints' day, just as the northern 

 l; rowers bring on their stocd; for faster, 

 or any of the other days upon whicdi 

 there is a liig demand. It has brought 

 al)out a greater production of ehrysan- 

 theiiiiiins and there is also a demand 

 for (■;niiatioiis, lilit'S, roses and otlu'i- 

 cut lloweis th;it are little grown in the 

 s(Uitli. A great maj(U'it_\' of these are 

 puicliased in the Chicago market and 

 sliijiped to the southern city by exjiress. 

 With the increased use of baskets 

 aii<l other flower-holding recejitacles, 

 the llorists there also disjiose of con- 

 siderable quantities of supiilies, so that 

 all together All iSaiuts' day is the day 

 that is planned for and Avaited for Ijy 

 all of tiie meml)ers of the trade in New 

 Orleans. 





TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! 



ANSWERING THE CALL. 



Florists Are Patriotic. 



The goAeiinuent c(uitiiiues to call tlie 

 young and jdiysically sound men of the 

 country to the \arious army training 

 camps, where civilians aie tuiued into 

 soldiers. ]Men from all walks of life 

 are resp(Uidiug. among them beiiuj inan> 

 members of the tiorists" trade. The 

 Keview has printed the names of many 

 of these j)atri(dic yiuing men; it will 

 continue to j)iiut the names of others. 

 News of those who have left their busi- 

 nesses to become lighting men, or of 

 those who intend to gd, will be wtd 

 comed. 



Santa Barbara Florist Enlists. 



The feiding that he must do his 

 ]iart to ludp his country in the war 



was greater in Arthur Gleave, Santa 

 Harbara, Cal., than his devotion to 

 business. Although over the draft age, 

 .\1 r. (Jleax'e has enlisted in the army. 

 During his absence the store at Santa 

 liarbara will be in charge of Miss Trus- 

 sell, who has been connected Avith it 

 ever since Mr. (ileave started in Imsi 

 ness. 



Writes of Camp Life. 



Tn the issue for September 27, The 

 TJeview published the fact that Edwin 

 M. Nelson, formerly a member of the 

 staff of Haur tk Steinkanip, Indianapolis, 

 liid., had left September 21 for Camp 

 Taylor, near Louisville, Ky. October 8 

 Mr. Nelson wrote The Keview regarding 

 life at the camp. His letter follows: 



"T arrived at camp and found that it 

 is not so hard on a fcdiow wlio has 

 s|ieiit his summers under glass, t'nv he 



is already accustomed to the heat. The 

 army life is great, all right, but I shall 

 be happy Avlien this thing is over and 1 

 can return to my trade. My birthday 

 was Se]itember 2S and that day 1 was 

 detailed to the kitchen, dishing out 

 'eats' to my comrades. The Review 

 conies to me every Siilurday, and I cer- 

 tainly give it a hearty Avelcome. It is 

 also the means by which I will kee]. 

 up with the trade." 



Mr. Xidson is with Company F, ;!;{4tli 

 infantry. 



Petersons in the War. 



William A. Peterson, the Chicago nurs- 

 eryman, has given two sons to the war. 

 The tdder, Harold, agetl 24, is a secretary 

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

 the liritish army in India. His head 

 (piarters are at Lucknow, but his duties 

 carry him over a large part of Asia. 

 "When last heard from he cabled from 

 Shanghai, "Leaving C^alcutta," 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 reterson of Shanghai. 



Xorman IN^terson, aged 20, is in the 

 RtMl Cross ser\'ice, attaidied to a hos- 

 jdtal comji'uiy now stationed at Chilli- 

 cothe, (). After the Avar Norman hopes 

 to return to take u|) active work in the 

 nursery business, but Harold \\\\\ con- 

 tinue in Y. M. C. A. cu' missionary work. 



More Bostonians Go to War. 



There is a good representation of the 

 trade in the large (piota of tighting- 

 men wliiidi the Hub City is contributing 

 to the army and navy. In ;idditi(Ui to 

 those who jireviously were annminciMl 

 as ha\'ing joined the ranks, is Thomas 

 llille. son of Daniel IlilTe, the Hoston 

 grt-enhouse builder, who is learning how 

 to tly at Camp Kcdly, Tex. Charles A. 

 Stellberger and Norman W. Hunter, 

 members of tlu' Cardeners' and Fhuists' 

 Club of Hoston, are also in khaki. .Mr. 

 Stellberger is at tlie cain|i at .\yer, 

 Mass., and Mr. Hunter is seeing training 

 with the Pi'unsyhania engineers ;it 

 Camp Hancock, .\ugusta, (ia. .\l(dviu 

 fJrey, of the Hitchings »ii: Co. Hoston 



/SX.VSM.HTS 



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



