. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 432 The American Florist. April IS Would Have the Horseshoe. "We have many strange customers," declared an uptown florist the other day. "Our greatest difficulty is with people who want wedding or funeral designs, and don't know what they really do want They will select the most inap- propriate pieces, and for our own sake we frequently have to interfere. Not long ago an Irish woman came here and wanted a funeral piece. I showed her a lot of designs, but her eye caught a 'horse shoe' frame, and she
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 432 The American Florist. April IS Would Have the Horseshoe. "We have many strange customers," declared an uptown florist the other day. "Our greatest difficulty is with people who want wedding or funeral designs, and don't know what they really do want They will select the most inap- propriate pieces, and for our own sake we frequently have to interfere. Not long ago an Irish woman came here and wanted a funeral piece. I showed her a lot of designs, but her eye caught a 'horse shoe' frame, and she thought she would like that. Of coursethat wouldn't do for a funeral, so I tried to scare her off by a big price. She didn't scare worth a cent, though she looked poor enough. Eventually I had to explain, S3 I said: 'MaiUm, this horse-shoe is hardly appropiiate for a funeral. It means good luck, you know, and, of course, you can't wish the dead good luck. Some persons might be heartless enough to suppose that you wished the family of the dead .good luck on account of the death.' " 'Niver ye moind,' she answered, 'Oi'll take it. It's for me brother Terry, bad 'cess to him, an' a bad one he was in his loife. He'll need plenty o' .good loock if he wants to .git out o' Purgatory afore Rizzuriction IJay,' and she took ;— Ne-LL' York Tribune. THB LIGHTNING Lawn Edge Trimmer (Patented.) Write for Circular to CHAS. EVERDING, Florist and Seedsman, BRANFORD, CONN. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original American Florists Company. Chicago : American Florist Company
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