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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBKB 21, 1009 



All Saints' Day in Metairie Cemetery* New Orleans. 



no relatives in the cemeteries take flowers 

 just the same, placing them on some neg- 

 lected grave or on the tomb of some 

 leader of men. Special ser\'ices for the 

 dead are held in the churches, business 

 virtually ceases, the streets become veri- 

 table flower gardens, and everyone, 

 whether or not a mourner, takes part in 

 the beautiful observance. So it is that 

 day in New Orleans. 



What it Means to Florists. 



To the florists of New Orleans All 

 Saints' day is the big day of the year, 

 leaving Christmas and Easter far be- 

 hind in the quantity of flowers required; 

 indeed, the quantity used probably is 

 greater than is needed on any one day in 

 the year in any city of equal size any- 

 where in the world. All the crops arc 

 timed for All Saints' day, and on their 

 readiness depends the florist's hope of 

 profit for his season '.s work. The chrys- 

 anthemum is the principal All Saints' 

 day flower and, grown without glass, the 

 weather is one of the greatest factors in 

 determining the extent of the local sup- 

 ply — a storm may cause great loss, even 

 as the crop is finishing. 



The All Saints' day special demand 

 for flowers is felt far outside the local 

 area — a thousand miles away, in Chi- 

 cago, the needs of the New Orleans trade 

 are a controlling factor in the whole- 

 sale market the last days of October. 

 Great quantities of roses, carnations and 

 especially of chrysanthemums are shipped 

 to meet the special call, usually leaving 

 Chicago on the night of October 29, so 

 as to reach New Orleans the night of 

 October 30 and be on sale in the flower 

 stores October 31 and November 1. Tlio 

 shipments frequently are so heavy an 



extra express car must be carried on 

 the 6 p. m. train on the Illinois Central 

 October 29 for their accommodation, and 

 in years when bad storms have ruined 

 the local mums two cars have been needed 

 to carry the supplies in response to the 

 C. Q. D. call on Chicago. 



Last year, when the photogr 

 produced with this story were m 

 Saints' day fell on a pleasant 

 and the observance was so genei 

 attract special attention, even 

 Orleans, where everyone is famil 

 it. This year November 1 is 

 and a two days All Saints' day 

 ance is counted upon to bring 

 rists a great demand, some peopl 

 their flowers to the cemeteries 

 Sabbath and others on Monday. 



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TULIPS FOR LARGE PO'j S. 



I have three large pots to liil y,[^i^ 

 tulips, two 24-inch pots and one 30-inct 

 pot. Could you give me two or thr« 

 colors of tulips that would bloom about 

 the same time? I want them in bloom 

 for about the middle of April. Would 

 you pot them in small pots, or would you 

 put them in the big pots? I am afraid 

 they would freeze and break the big pot? 

 in the winter. H. T. B. 



I would suggest planting the tulips in 

 smaller sized pans or boxes, transplanting 

 them into the large pots before thev 

 come into flower. The size of the pots 

 you name is entirely too large to grow 

 tulips properly in. Tulips will stami 

 transplanting and will not mind the 

 root disturbance at all. It will not do 

 to leave any of the pots or pans out 

 during the winter, unless they are well 

 covered with ashes or loam and then fur 

 ther protected with straw or leaves. You 

 will do much better by keeping them in a 

 cold cellar, where there is no fire heat. 



Good varieties to use, which flower 

 simultaneously, are: Joost von Vondel: 

 white; Chrysolora, golden yellow, and 

 Couleur Cardinal, crimson scarlet. If 

 you like striped varieties, Keizerkroon. 

 red and yellow, is showy. W. N. C. 



VINTEEING PANSIES. 



What is the proper spacing of pansies 

 in the coldframe, to make strong plants 

 for next spring 's sales, and is glass neces 

 sary for winter protection in Massachu 



All Saints' Day Flowers on Vaults in Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. 



(These vaults correspond to the singrle graves in northern cemeteries.) 





