. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. THE RETAIL STORE A PAGE OF HINTS AND HELPS FOR THE RETAIL FLORIST. FOCH'S WREATH. When Marshal Foch visited Chicago last week one of the largest functions was that incident to placing a wreath at the feet of the world-famous St. Gau- dens statue of Lincoln, which stands at the entrance of the park named for the Emancipator, and Lewis & Rocca, who enjoy in considerable measure the pat- ronage of Chicago's French colony, considered it quite an honor to be called on to make an unusually fine wreath. For such a use, of course, imperishability was a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. THE RETAIL STORE A PAGE OF HINTS AND HELPS FOR THE RETAIL FLORIST. FOCH'S WREATH. When Marshal Foch visited Chicago last week one of the largest functions was that incident to placing a wreath at the feet of the world-famous St. Gau- dens statue of Lincoln, which stands at the entrance of the park named for the Emancipator, and Lewis & Rocca, who enjoy in considerable measure the pat- ronage of Chicago's French colony, considered it quite an honor to be called on to make an unusually fine wreath. For such a use, of course, imperishability was a consideration, so no cut flowers were used. The wreath was forty-eight inches in diameter, made on a mossed box frame, and the filling was magnolia leaves, which the uninitiated usually call laurel. The cluster was of everlastings, including lotus pods and prepared grasses. The streamer was No. 300 red, white and blue ribbon and the inscrip- tion was printed in gold, no pasted let- ters being used. The daily papers and the news movies all photographed the ceremony at the statue, so that the use of flowers for this purpose received a wide advertisement. FLOWERS OR A FLORIST. Since it happened to be the actual ex- perience of a reporter, the following story from the New York Evening Sun of November 3 ought to carry a real message to florists: Finding the particular kind of a sliop you want is not always easy in New Torli. Digger had a wedding anniversary the other day and wanted some roses for the wife. The only two florists he had known in his neighborhood moved on the first of October. Not being a regular buyer of flowers, he hadn't noticed a new shop. "I got off the car ten blocks from home," said Digger, "figuring that I'd be sure to run across a shop in that distance on one of the main avenues. But I didn't. I could not even see one on any of the intersecting streets. I was pretty well discouraged when I got to my own door, but I knew I must make good on that
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