March 12, 1943 
part of the easel to balance the com- 
position. 
Flowers used included 109 carna- 
tions and one bunch of Garza mums. 
The field is of blue satin ribbon. 
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NIFTY VICTORY CORSAGE 

Sponsored by TDS, Made by Burke 
The Telegraph Delivery Service 
florists are actively supporting the 
United States Treasury Department 
through the sale of war stamps, an 
activity that is developing great in- 
genuity in creating novel ‘Victory 
corsages” that combine war stamps 
with flowers. 
Among the several Victory cor- 
sages especially designed for TDS 
by TDS florist John Patrick Burke 
of Beverly Hills, Cal., is the “St. 
Patrick’s Victory corsage.” 
Like all original creations designed 
by Mr. Burke, the corsage is simple 
in construction, and is made of ma- 
_ terials available in any shop. For 
the base, he uses a 3-inch square of 
cardboard cut in the shape of a 
shamrock and covered with green 
Actress Joan Leslie models St. 
Patrick’s Day corsage by John 
Patrick Burke 
pot-cover paper, fastened down with 
Scotch tape. 
The method of attaching the 3 
25-cent war stamps (this denomi- 
nation being selected for its green 
color) is a bit different from that 
ordinarily suggested, for rather than 
wrapping the stamps in cellophane 
and attaching them by means of 
wire stems, Mr. Burke simply sticks 
the corners of the stamps directly 
on the shamrock leaves. 
Two cypripediums (the green or- 
chids) are wired and taped in the 
ordinary fashion, and fastened, one 
on top of the other as the illustra- 
tion clearly shows, to the shamrock 

SOUTHERN FLORIST AND NURSERYMAN 
base. A green satin bow is tucked 
in the break between the flowers 
and the shamrock, and the corsage is 
complete. 
Miss Joan Leslie, Fred Astaire’s 
new dancing partner in RKO Ra- 
dio’s “The Sky’s the Limit,” models 
the corsage in the accompanying il- 
lustration. It is agreed that most 
any colleen would welcome a sim- 
ilar corsage for celebrating the Irish 
saint’s birthday. 
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LANG CONVERTS TO FOOD 
ON EXTENSIVE SCALE 


Returned from the winter meet- 
ing of the FTD board of directors, 
Otto Lang appears to be more 
strongly impressed than ever with 
the necessity for florists to lend 
wholehearted assistance to the war 
effort—to go out of their accustomed 
way in order, to do so. This/is 
touched upon by him where, under 
another heading, he is quoted in re- 
gard to the directors’ meeting. 
He pencils another note to the 
SF, to give an idea of what he him- 
self has decided to do in this re- 
gard: 
“Many contacts with higher Gov- 
ernment officials have caused me 
to turn my 4l-acre pecan and fruit 
orchard largely into a chicken, hog 
and cow farm—planting crops to 
feed these and other animals, and 
peanuts for the Government. 
“At my pleasure resort at Denton 
I purchased for a tenant 10 milch 
cows, 6 brood sows, and 500 laying 
hens at a cost of $2050. Eight con- 
crete cottages equipped with electric 
light, gas heaters, furniture and 
stoves have been converted into 
chicken houses, where we also ex- 
pect to. grow 1000 chicks for the 
market. 
“In our greenhouses we will grow, 
before the season is over, tons of 
tomatoes, endive and Kentucky 
Wonder beans; outdoors, corn and 
sweet potatoes where we used to 
grow flowering stock (and some in 
weeds). I feel that this is only a 
small part for us to do, and we know 
many other florists and nurserymen 
can do likewise.” 
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WEHRLIS’ SON CABLES 



Youth Likes Radio Job on Ship 
Mrs. Louis Wehrli, of Wehrli’s 
Flowers, Inc., Kilgore, Texas, sends 
notes about business and about her 
son in the Merchant Marine, who 
sent a cable. 
“Business here is good now,” she 
wrote on March 6. “The freeze ruin- 
ed lots of our beautiful trees and 
lots of early gardens.” 
Concerning her son she _ states: 
“We had a cable and letter dated 
Feb. 7 from Lt. (jg) Norman DeWitt 
Wehrli, our son, from Paquebot, 
South Africa, where he docked to 
refuel. He is chief radio operator 
on the SS Clark Mills, and only 18 
years old. He likes it very much. 
Said the weather was cold; he was 
seeing some seals when he wrote.” 
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SHOP'S BETTER LOCATION 


Told by Mrs. Taylor, Russellville 
Vins We ay LavlOr. Ola taylors 
Flowers, Russellville, Ark., informs 
the SF that she has moved her shop 
to a new and much better location 
at 209 West Main street. She finds 
that business has improved since 
the move, and Valentine was a rec- 
ord-breaker. She looks forward to 
a big Easter demand. 
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY CORSAGE 


For Anne Rooney by Shaughnessys 
Sure it’s Tom and Beth Shaugh- 
nessy, of Shaughnessy Shop in Hol- 
lywood who would be makin’ this 
clever St. Patrick’s Day corsage for 
a pretty colleen like Anne Rooney 
at Universal Studios (with her is 
Donald O’Connor). It’s three green 
and white cypripediums from Arma- 

Shaughnessys created this St. 
Patrick’s Day corzage for 
Actress Anne Rooney 
cost & Royston’s against a green 
chiffon shamrock and it’s tied with 
a bit of white ribbon. Tom and 
Beth Shaughnessy took over Sue’s 
Flower Shop—it’s listed in SF Re- 
tail Directory, but the name is now 
changed to Shaughnessy Shop. 
FAs a eh eet wee 
Word from Mrs. William A. Black, 
of Orange Floral Shop, Orange, 
Texas, is that her son William A. 
Black is serving with the Navy on 
the Atlantic. He has been in service 
ever since the Pearl Harbor tragedy. 
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Tired of giving? You don’t know 
what it is to be tired. The Army 
needs your scrap metal now. 

