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The Florists' Review 



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<liill ami iiiiiiitcrcstin;r, Arii\als wcro 

 larj^cr than mifilit liavc been cxpci'tcd, 

 and tli(! tlciiiaud was aliimst tdo siiiall 

 to make a market. Airi\als of rosi's 

 would iiitiiiiato that the eut was ex- 

 hausted in previous slii[>meiits, and car- 

 nations were to he given a rest at least 

 twenty-four iiours. Memorial day husi 

 ness was really ended at an early hour. 



Various Notes. 



The death of William 11. Fierahend, 

 i-arnation j,'ro\ver of I'ouj^likt'epsie, N. 

 v., is reported as of the evening of -May 

 28, through blood poisoning, resulting 

 from a decayed tooth. 



At a meeting of the Associateil ]{e 

 tail Florists of Ncnv 'i'ork, held at the 

 Hotel Pennsylvania, Wednesday eve- 

 ning, May '2'), the matter of the assess- 

 ment of one-half of one per cent on all 

 purchases of Howers at wholesale was 

 fully discussed, and it was agreed that 

 it should go into effect. A committee 

 was appointed to interview the trade, 

 with the idea of making the assessment 

 a custom. Most of the i)rominent re- 

 tailers have already allowed their favor- 

 able action in the circumstances to be 

 made public. 



The custom of using ilowers on Me- 

 morial day lost nothing of its signifi- 

 cance this y(.>ar, flowers being used at 

 all the important functions of the day. 

 A notable occurrence was the hanging 

 of a wreath on the Statue of Liberty, 

 at the entrance to the harbor of New 

 York, by the United American War 

 Veterans. Th(^ wreath, which was 

 twenty-seven feet in diameter, was 

 made liy Le Moult and was composed of 

 hemlock, gilded eycas leaves, artificial 

 [loppies and a loop and streamers of 

 bunting of the national colors. The 

 wreath was too big for transportation, 

 so was assembled from prepared sec- 

 tions at Bedloe's island. Klectrical 

 illumination, about 2(10 bulbs, was pro- 

 vided for, and the lighting is to be con- 

 tinued for a week, with search lights 

 in addition. As a part of the ceremony 

 of decoration, flowers, provided by the 

 florists of New York, with credit for 

 the donation given by the local papers, 

 were cast upon the waters in memorj- 

 of the departed who gave their lives to 

 their country. 



Arrangements have been com]>leted 

 for the traveling to the Washington 

 convention of the S. A. F. The trans- 

 portation committee of the New York 

 Florists' Club announces that the party 

 train will leave the Pennsylvania rail- 

 road terminal at 11:08 a. m., daylight 

 time, arriving in Washington at 4:30 

 p. m., Monday, August 15. This sched- 

 ide insures that the party will he in 

 Washington in ample time to attend the 

 first session of the convention, which 

 opens at 10 a. m. the morning of the 

 first day of the convention, instead of 

 in the afternoon, as has previously been 

 the custom. J. H. p. 



WILL IMPROVE C. O. D. SERVICE. 



"Ketention of funds collected on ac 

 count of C. O. D. parcels is a violation 

 of the regulations and may render the 

 employee responsible liable to ]>rosccu- 

 tion for embez/lement," is .a section of 

 the postal haws and regulations which 

 lias been called to the :ittcntion of em- 

 plcyees of the jiostal service by Third 

 .Vssistant Postmaster General w". Irving 

 (ilover. 



There has been some complaint that 



])arcel post C. (). I), service h.-i> not lie.ii 

 satisfactory liecause of delayed returns, 

 liusiiiess men have t.akeii the proldiin 

 up with the jiost mast er general and it 

 is Itelieved that a notice Just sent out 

 by Mr. Clover is the result. Thi> notice 

 (|Uotes the various sections ot' the p<pstal 

 regulations dealing with the subject, in 

 eluding the re(|uirement stating, 

 "Money ord<Ts must be issued am 

 m.iiled to senders on the same date that 



' ■ '' I' p;n-cels ;ire deliN'ered, if possi- 

 I'ic. It not. they shouM be issued with- 

 I'Ut tail on the following business day. 

 I'flav Iji iii.ikiiig remittances will not 

 I.e t. , I, .rated." 



Ot interest to florists are the refer 

 (•ll(e> to M)ideli\erable matter, the Jxist- 

 iii.ister> being caiitioneil to use every 

 effoit to make deli\eries ;ind, failing of 

 iiii iriedi;it el v notifv the sender, 

 T. N. S. 



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