Flowers?

[Matthew Tittle]

My colleagues here at Illinois tell me that an odd number is in fact proper.
 In addition to "corporate knowledge" of Russian tradition, this tidbit can
apparently also be found in Yale Richmond's "Advice for Visitors to Russia."
(title may not be exactly right.)

In Message Fri, 17 Feb 1995 09:34:23 EST,
  Jerry Ervin <76703.2063 at compuserve.com> writes:

>Has anyone else ever heard of the custom of ensuring that, when taking
>flowers on visiting a Russian home, one should take an _odd_ number
>of flowers for good luck?  (Some Russians I've talked to swear they've
>never heard of it; but others are equally sure it's
>quite common. What's the collective experience of SEELANGers?)
>
>Thanks
>
>--Jerry Ervin
>Ohio State Universit (emeritus)