. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review OCTOBElt IS, 1017. visitors niako of tlio occasion a lioliday. Masses liavo been saitl in tlic ciiiirclics Idr tlic repose of the souls of the dead, but there is iiotliiii}; somber about tlii' ''s <)bser\aiice; tiie only relij^ious is [irn\ iib'il by sisters of ciiarity, wild staml at llu' "^ates of the ceine- teiies reaily to receive j^it'ts of uioiie\' I'or \v Orleans has lost nuich of its si^- iiilicance, Just as Menmrial day has be- come a ludiflay. 'i'lie tombs beinji; deco- rated, tlie \isitors to tii(&g
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review OCTOBElt IS, 1017. visitors niako of tlio occasion a lioliday. Masses liavo been saitl in tlic ciiiirclics Idr tlic repose of the souls of the dead, but there is iiotliiii}; somber about tlii' ''s <)bser\aiice; tiie only relij^ious is [irn\ iib'il by sisters of ciiarity, wild staml at llu' "^ates of the ceine- teiies reaily to receive j^it'ts of uioiie\' I'or \v Orleans has lost nuich of its si^- iiilicance, Just as Menmrial day has be- come a ludiflay. 'i'lie tombs beinji; deco- rated, tlie \isitors to tii(> cemetery S])end Tnuch of tiie day there, \valkinir thront;h the narrow streets, .•ichuirinj^r the lloral decorations, nieetin;^ ami (diattiu^ witli friends. Hut however much of a roli<jious fes- tival the (hiy may have lost, it is tiio biggest flower selling day in the year for the New Orleans tiorists ami (b)es inu(h for tlie trade in that section of tlie south. (1 rowers time their crops for All Saints' day, just as the northern l;rowers bring on their stocd; for faster, or any of the other days upon whicdi there is a liig demand. It has brought al)out a greater production of ehrysan- theiiiiiins and there is also a demand for (?;niiatioiis, lilit'S, roses and otlu'i- cut lloweis th;it are little grown in the s(Uitli. A great maj(U'it_\' of these are puicliased in the Chicago market and sliijiped to the southern city by exjiress. With the increased use of baskets aii members of the tiorists" trade. The Keview has printed the names of many of these j)atri(dic yiuing men; it will continue to j)iiut the names of others. News of those who have left their busi- nesses to become lighting men, or of those who intend to gd, will be wtd comed. Santa Barbara Florist Enlists. The feiding that he must do his ]iart to ludp his country in the war was greater in Arthur Gleave, Santa Harbara, Cal., than his devotion to business. Although over the draft age, .\1 r. (Jleax'e has e
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