. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Box Cars Loaded with Coal Because of the Shortage of Gondolas. nearby also were broken. About 125 lights were broken in the house of Charles Lindacher, on Tuscarawas street, the storm in that vicinity not be- ing severe. Other losses were suffered by the Brown Floral Co. and Charles F. Blane. PLENTY OF SURPLUS STOCK. In response to an appeal inserted in The Review by our secretary, Mr. Am- mann, of Edwardsville, I wish to say I could have had ten times the stock I generally use of mums and everything. This to me shows that we florists are close tog
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Box Cars Loaded with Coal Because of the Shortage of Gondolas. nearby also were broken. About 125 lights were broken in the house of Charles Lindacher, on Tuscarawas street, the storm in that vicinity not be- ing severe. Other losses were suffered by the Brown Floral Co. and Charles F. Blane. PLENTY OF SURPLUS STOCK. In response to an appeal inserted in The Review by our secretary, Mr. Am- mann, of Edwardsville, I wish to say I could have had ten times the stock I generally use of mums and everything. This to me shows that we florists are close together and are willing to help each other in a time of trouble. It also shows that The Review is read by the trade and is an excellent medium to get in touch with each other. Please publish this, and I extend my thanks and best wishes to all for their kind sympathy aiid help. I shall re- build at once. Mattoon, 111. A. D. ODEN LETTER^-^-' KEADED6 "PLEASE OMIT ; I have scrutinized the columns of The Review to find out what florists think of the request frequently seen in pub- lished death notices that flowers be omitted at the funeral. I always have wondered what are the actual reasons for such requests, and of late I have taken the pains to inquire. One woman said she did not like the practice be- cause it invariably obligated tlic family to return favors to people whom they did not care about. Another said she did not favor the custom because it was too expensive; also because it fre- quently made the bereaved, in cases where the decedent had not been well known, feel badly when there were not so many tributes to their dead as at tlie burial of another. A woman who had a '' please omit flowers'' notice said that, despite the published reminder, she had received many flowers. She in- formed me that she placed the flowers in the cellar at the time of her hus- band's funeral, and that as the flowers wilted upstairs she replaced them with otliers from downs
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