. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 584 The American Florist. Apr J 5, omit a reference to the valuable serv- ices of the Rev. W. Wilks, our secre- tary for twenty-five years, to whom a well-deserved testimony is now being ;—Gardener's Magazine. Trinity Church and Churchyard, New York. SEE COVER OF NEXT ISSUE. The first Trinity church was erected in 1696 and the first service was held in it February 6, 1697. During a great fire which destroyed that part of the city on September 21. 1776, Trinity was laid in ruins. In following the early
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 584 The American Florist. Apr J 5, omit a reference to the valuable serv- ices of the Rev. W. Wilks, our secre- tary for twenty-five years, to whom a well-deserved testimony is now being ;—Gardener's Magazine. Trinity Church and Churchyard, New York. SEE COVER OF NEXT ISSUE. The first Trinity church was erected in 1696 and the first service was held in it February 6, 1697. During a great fire which destroyed that part of the city on September 21. 1776, Trinity was laid in ruins. In following the early history of New York we find many names that have been preserved for coming generations through the naming of streets. Thus we read that the first service held in Trinity was by the Rev. Mr. Vesey, and Vesey is a well known downtown street. An- other Trinity structure was erected in 17SS and consecrated in 1791 by Bish- op Provost. In these times we hear much of the high cost of living, but judging from the old records, the cost of being buried is, in proportion, much greater. The land on which Trinity was built was ceded to the vestry by the city without compensation, the only con- ditions being that it should always be enclosed with a fence, and that burials in it be granted to the citi- zens forever for three shillings and sixpence for a grown person and one shilling and sixpence for children un- der twelve years of age. Supposing this to have been "sterling money" as the English coinage was termed in the colonies, it would be 87% and 37y2 cents, respectively. It is stated that the first record of a burial, that of a Holland girl, in the ground of Trin- ity Churchyard was 1639, more than fifty years before the first Trinity Church was erected. Looking back- ward through that vista of years we find many prominent names. Among those buried there were Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence; Col. Marius Willett, active in the Revolution; Robert F
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