Florists^ Red Letter Days 
Jan. 1 — New Year’s Day. 
Feb. 14 — St. Valentine’s Day. 
Mar. 17 — ^St. Patrick’s Day. 
Mar. 31 — Easter Day. 
May 12 — Mother’s Day. 
May 30 — Memorial Day. 
Sept. 7 — Jewish New Year. 
Oct. 31 — Hallowe’en. 
Nov. 28 — Thanksgiving Day. 
Dec. 25 — Christmas Day. 
Jan. 25 — Burns’ Birthday. 
Jan. 29 — McKinley Day. 
Feb. 12 — Lincoln’s Birthday. 
Feb. 22 — Washington’s Birthday. 
Sept. 16 — Jewish Day of Atonement. 
Sept. 21-22'| 
and J>Jewish Feast of the Harvest. 
Sept. 28-29J 
Nov. 1 — All Saints. Roman Catholic 
Church decorates graves. 
June and October are largely the wedding months. 
The eomniencements occur late in the Spring or early 
Summer. The Autumn and early Winter months are 
sacred to the debutantes, which is also the football 
season, when many notable games are j)layed, calling 
for quantities of flowers on those days. Fall openings 
in the dry goods stores and various automobile and 
similar exhibitions through the year cause demand 
for flowers and plants. 
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