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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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FUNERAL DESIGNS BY THE JOY FLORAL CO , NASHVILLE, TENN. THE RETAIL TRADE Condncted by Robt. Kilt, Ptiiladelphia, Fa. The Flower Cuff Above Elbow. This is meeting a popular demandat dancing parties and is made on aband of wide stiff ribbon on which theflowers are sewed and is tied to thecuff of dress just above elbow with ajaunty stiff bow loop. Sweet peas,cornflowers, marguerites or any of thesmaller flowers lend themselves pretti-ly to this arrangement. A. E. KXXJNDEB. Flowers for Those Lost at Sea. The recent wreck of the mammothsteamship Titanic when she crashedagainst an iceberg and carried morethan 1,500 persons to the bottom ofthe sea was the cause of a report whichappeared in The American floristin the issue of April 27, stating thatthe Masons of Chicago had forwardeda large floral wreath on a White Starliner to be deposited in the water nearwhere so many of their brethren hadlost their lives. It seemed at once thatit was ridiculous to drop into the watersomething that would be

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