. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 596 The American Florist. Oct. 12^ bage and the text is as follows: There are tricks in all trades but ours; there are no tricks in the florist business. But when it comes to variety and range of emotional experience, we have the parson distanced a mile. Today we arrange floral tributes around the bier of one whose work is done; to- morrow our hearts are light as we hang gay festoons of flowers for a nuptial cere- mony ; on the next day, perhaps, we are twining little boutonnieres and fantastic centerpieces for th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 596 The American Florist. Oct. 12^ bage and the text is as follows: There are tricks in all trades but ours; there are no tricks in the florist business. But when it comes to variety and range of emotional experience, we have the parson distanced a mile. Today we arrange floral tributes around the bier of one whose work is done; to- morrow our hearts are light as we hang gay festoons of flowers for a nuptial cere- mony ; on the next day, perhaps, we are twining little boutonnieres and fantastic centerpieces for the coming-out party of some charming debutante. Again, you will find us in the corridor of a hospital, bringing cheer and renewed hope to the .sick, and possibly the same evening we invade the sacred precincts of the mu- nicipal council chamber, bearing a token of love and esteem (?) from the con- stituents of some newly-elected a'derman. Of all occasions, however, we like best a young woman's debut, since we well know that soon some one will be buying flowers regularly for her. But what we started out to relate was the incident of the vegetable shower bouQuet. You have seen shower bouquets made of flowers (which, by the way, are very fashionable for weddings just now), but perhaps you have never seen a shower bouquet of vegetables. It so happened that in one of those big banks down town, where they take your money at three per cent and loan it back to you at six, besides charging a com- mission for being a good fellow, there was a young man employed who was not satisfied with the life of a money-changer. He had dreams of an Edwin Booth career, and he kept the neighbors awake nights by reciting Shakespeare while standing before his looking-glass. A few weeks ago he arranged to take the leading part in a play given by an amateur theatrical societj-. Now, it also happened that this young man had a number of friends who did not think much of his histrionic abilities, and they plann
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