Febuuart 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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FORMING NEW ARMY. 



Joy Attends Discharge. 



Tliere is a jjrpat new army Ijcinji 

 i"(]iino<l. Into it arc bein^ drafted not 

 ,.iily those wlio wore the olive drab and 

 'he navy blue of Unele Sam's fij^htinff 

 men, l)ut the members of their families 

 ,is well. It is ealled "The Army of 

 ioy, " and to its personnel are added 

 -I'veral new reeruits every time .a sol- 

 iii-r is handed the i)ieee of paper wliicli 

 ■ Means lie is no lon<fer a warrior, but a 

 i vilian. 



Sons, brothers and husbands of flo- 

 iists, not to mention sweethearts, are 

 leappearinj"' in the homes of whieh they 

 ! reamed so fondly in cam]) and trench, 

 iiid their reappearance invariably brinjijs 

 heer and happiness. 



A ji^reat -many florist-soldiers are al- 

 ready back in the harness, workinjf 

 iiiiiong their flowers and plants. Some 



they now consider themselves most 

 (iiifortunate, since there is "nothinjj 

 leing"' on the firin}:j line — are still in 

 I'rance, watching the wily Hun and im- 

 I'.atiently awaiting the signing of the 

 jiiace treaty; and others are perform- 

 hil; the routine tasks of camp and can- 

 iiiiiment in this country. 



It will not be long, however, we are 

 told, before every American soldier will 

 lie back in the United States and re- 

 lumed to his pre-war status. The sol- 

 'liers and their relatives vote unani- 

 iimusly in favor of speeding up tlie 

 necessary jtrocess. ■ 



"Home Again." 



After gi\ing almost a year's service 

 111 his eouutry, Howard .1. Hook is 

 "home again" and on the .jf)b as audi- 

 iiir of the Pittsburgh Cut * Flower Co. 

 ^Vhilo he by no nu-ans ri'grets the break 

 m his business career, he shows no hesi- 

 t:iney in saying that he is glad to doff 

 tlie service uniform for civilian attire. 



Howard J. Hook. 



Mrs. N. O. Selby. 



^Ir. Ilook, who received honorable 

 lUseharge from the service at Camp 

 Meade, Aid., gained the rank of ser- 

 geant first class. lie enlisted March 

 12, 1918, was in the Ordnance Corps, 

 and was stationed at Baltimore, Md. 



Two Sons at the Front. 



Mrs. N. O. Selby, of Selby the Florist, 

 Middletown, O., has just cause to be 

 proud of the service flag she is shown 

 holding in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. Mrs. Selby has two sons .at the 

 front in P'rance, or rather did have be- 

 fore one of them, Gordon N. Selby, one 

 of the U. S. marines, was wounded in 

 battle July li). The other son. Allen W. 

 Selby, is with the 147th Ambulance 

 Corps. Mrs. Selby 's father, Henry Beh- 

 rens, Sr., was in the florists' business in 

 Middletown sixty (dght years previous to 

 1912, when the present owners succeedeii 

 him and have continued the business 

 with much success. Mr. Behrens died 

 two years ago. 



A Triumphal March. 



The return of Thomas IlitVe, the son 

 of l)aiiiel liitVe, the greenhouse builder, 

 of S(Uith WeyuKiuth. Mass., from war 

 ser\ice overseas was the occasion of a 

 lousing widcome from his fellow towns 

 men. Mr. llifTe was in the aviation de 

 partinenl of the A. K. F. and returii'il 

 on the battleshiii Connecticut. He was 

 met at the train and escorted to his 

 h<inie by an enthusiastic delegation. 



One of the "Eyes of the Army." 



None of the amazing things this war 

 <leveloped is more interesting than 

 the work of the army aviators, the men 

 who are the "eyes of the army." This 

 branch of the service calls for the best 

 of the young men who have joined the 

 colors. One of the members of our 

 trade who is connected with this service 

 is Joseph L. Barnitt, Jr., for seven years 

 before he enlisted December 11, last, 

 a member of the force of Alex. McC'on- 

 nell, New York. He is a member of the 

 21.3th Aero Squadron, now in France. 



The young man w;is aboard the trans- 

 |H)it Tuscania when it was sunk. Ho 

 was rescued and a few days later sent 

 his father, .losejjh L. Barnitt, also a 

 member of the McConnell statf, a cable- 

 gram saying: " Arrived safely. Well." 

 Later he was sent to France. 



Moline Grower Returns. 



Keuben fioranson has received honor- 

 able discharge from tlie service and is 

 again ;it work at the range of Julius 

 Staack i^- Sons, Moline, III. He was sta- 

 tioned at X'ancouver Barracks, Vancou- 

 ver, Wash. 



Rhode Islanders Return. 



Among recruits formerly connected 

 with the trade who are returning to 

 their homes in the towns of Rhode 

 Island are Lieutenant Amasa F. Willis- 

 ton, of Little Compton, who has just 

 received his discharge, and Jack John- 

 6ton, son of Edward .Johnston, of Provi- 

 dence. Young Mr. Johnston has just 

 arrived at Newport News, after com- 

 pleting his fifth round trip across the 

 ocean in the naval transport service. 

 Ralph Kinder, son of Samuel Kinder, of 

 Bristol, has received his discharge and 

 is at home. 



Geneva, N. Y.— W. & T. Cass, relating 

 their experience of a total loss on rooted 

 cuttings of geraniums shipped by ex- 

 press, concluded that the parcel post is 

 the best means of shipment, even if 

 smaller and more numerous packages are 

 necessary. They are not alone in this 

 experience. They have a line general 

 stock ;ind have had a good season, most 

 favorabh^ for jdanting in the nursery, 

 which constitutes an important depart- 

 ment of their flourishing business. 



Joseph L. Barntttr Jr. 



