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IfABCH 6, 1919 



The Florists^ Review 



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THE APPROVED IDEA. 



'TwlU Help AU. 



Agreeing with the popular view that 

 the end of war is the time for indi- 

 viduals and concerns, as well as nations, 

 to beat their swords into plowshares, 

 The Review will, with this issue, print 

 the last page of news of soldiers and 

 sailors. A page has been published 

 weekly, beginning shortly after the 

 United States entered the world con- 

 flict. The space vacated by the mili- 

 tary will be used for printing matter 

 which will help florists, ex-soldiers, ex- 

 sailors, and all, to better their business 

 and recover from the effects of the war. 



The florists made an enviable record 

 while Germany was being subdued, for 

 from the trade came hundreds — perhaps 

 thousands — of young men who made 

 some of this country's best soldiers, 

 sailors and marines. Some of these 

 young men will never return to their 

 homes. To these and to their families 

 all honor is due. No tribute could be 

 too great. Others served and have re- 

 turned to their civilian life, while still 

 others are still serving. To these, too, 

 should be given the thanks of all, for 

 they did their best and stood ready to 

 make any sacrifice. 



A Brave Oi&cer. 



Lieut. Thomas J. Cavanaugh is in a 

 French hospital convalescing from 

 wounds received in action last autumn. 

 Only recently has word been received 

 concerning his commission, received for 

 bravery under fire. Lieut. Cavanaugh, 

 who was a sergeant in Company G, 111th 

 Infantry, was sent out with six privates 

 to take a German machine gun nest near 

 Fismet. Four men of the party were 

 killed before they had advanced a hun- 



Aubrey W. Hooper. 



Corporal Herbert G. Foss. 



dred yards. Lieut. Cavanaugh and the 

 remaining two succeeded in capturing 

 not only the gun, but two prisoners as 

 well. Returning, another of the party 

 was wounded. The lieutenant ordered 

 the remaining man to take in the pris- 

 oners and went himself to the rescue of 

 his wounded comrade. Meanwhile he 

 was twice hit, but dragged the man to 

 safety, falling in a faint from loss of 

 blood upon his arrival in camp. 



Lieut. Cavanaugh is a "florist-in- 

 law," being identified with the trade 

 through Mrs. Cavanaugh and Miss Cece- 

 lia Reilly, both of whom are in the John- 

 ston Flower Shop, of Braddock, Pa., and 

 Miss Essie Reilly, who for several years 

 has been with Randolph & McClements, 

 Pittsburgh. E. E. S. 



Aubrey Hooper in Service. 



Aubrey Hooper, the eldest son of 

 James D. Hooper, Richmond, Va., en- 

 listed in the U. S. Army last July and 

 went into training at the University of 

 Virginia. After his graduation from the 

 school he was assigned to Fort Hamil- 

 ton, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Wireless Won the War. 



It has developed since the fighting 

 in Europe came to an end that the U. 

 S. Army aeroplanes were communicating 

 with the army headquarters by wireless 

 telephone, a fact unknown to the Ger- 

 mans. One of the young men in the 

 wireless service in France is James W. 

 McPheron, son of R. A. McPheron, of 

 the Cottage Greenhouses, Litchfield, 111. 

 The young man is well known in Chicago 

 and St. Louis, where he worked in retail 

 stores. 



Trophies of War. 



According to a recent letter received 

 by Mrs. John M. Foss, of Sharpsburg, 

 Pa., her son, .Corporal Herbert G. Foss, 

 is in Germany, accompanying the 305th 



Motor Supply Train, and has no prospect 

 of returning to the United States be- 

 fore Easter. Corporal Foss already has 

 sent home a helmet and cigarettes taken 

 from a dead German and writes that he 

 also has a ring procured from the same 

 sour«e which he intends to bring to his 

 brother Carl. E. E. S. 



Lieut. Tracy Returns. 



Lieut. B. Hammond Tracy, Jr., son of 

 the gladiolus specialist of Wenham, 

 Mass., was in New York February 27, 

 making calls on his acquaintances 

 shortly after disembarkation from a 

 transport from France. He left the 

 United States in February, 1917, as a 

 member of the ambulance service, but 

 subsequently was with the 638th Aero 

 Squadron, in which he had some months ' 

 actual flying. He has seen service on all 

 the fronts, including Salonica, and con- 

 sequently is able to relate some exciting 

 experiences. His father met him in New 

 York March 1, unaware of his return. 



J. H. P. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



F. B. M., Mich.— Address V. S. Grif- 

 fen, Griffen's Flower Shop, Hannibal, 

 Mo. 



Cassopolis, MlclL — W. W, Warren 

 grows ginseng, golden seal and other 

 specialties. He has been in this line 

 for eighteen years and last fall built 

 two greenhouses. He expects to grow 

 40,000 ferns this summer and plans fur- 

 ther enlargements in the fall. 



James W. McPheron. 



