The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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A Group of Funeral Designs. 



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FUNERAL DESIGNS. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of a group of designs used 

 last October at the funeral of the man- 

 ager of a large department store in Chi- 

 cago, and it shows that the set design 

 has most decidedly not yet passed away. 

 In fact, some florists note something of 

 a revival in the call for large set pieces 

 at certain funerals. 



Many of the designs seen in the group 

 were arranged by the Geo, Wittbold 

 Company, Chicago, and to them we are 

 indebted for the photograph and the 

 following facts regarding the designs: 



The loving cup was four feet high, the 

 outside all white roses and the inside 

 yellow at the rim and solid pink below 

 that, to represent wine in the cup. The 

 handles were of carnations. The price 

 paid for this was $50. The heart was 

 made solidly of Bridesmaid roses and 

 the price wa"s $30. 



The broken column was seven feet tall, 

 the column being of Bride roses and the 

 garland of violets. The broken piece of 

 the column appeared on one side of the 

 base, while the other was filled with 

 sago palm lonvp= and a bunch of roses. 

 The cost nf ilii- pi.,,. «;is $55. The open 

 book wa> ft rMiiiai inn-, with Perle roses 

 at the ed'Ts, and thr lotterin? and the 



|i'ii w.'ii' ill vinlrN. It was to repre- 

 -iiii -uiiic li, ril, l..r|ii by the deceased and 



While .\1, — I- Willbnld are nnt pre- 

 pared to say I Im'M' I- an r-|i,.rl;il|\ nntlCC- 



able increasi' m ilir -all ini ,, i ,ir-i._;ns, 

 as the great bulls .ii i h,- iiinnal .ui-aiige- 

 ments they make are simple bunches, yet 

 they have had a large call at times and 

 feel sure the design still has a strong 

 hold on popular favor. One thing they 

 have noticed is an enlarged use of dec- 

 orative plants at funerals, all now re- 

 quiring at least a few palms and many 

 ordering sufficient for quite a decoration. 



BUFFALO. 



I forget whether March came in like a 

 lamb or a lilon, but it's acting now like 

 a Texas steer, and wind and mud and 

 snow and rotten ice and occasionally a 

 little sunshine is served up to us regu- 

 larly in the course of 24 hours. An earl.y 

 dry spring would have been a great 

 help to the Pan-American. If, however. 

 April the 1st finds frost entirely gone and 

 the ground dry, all will be well. 



There is not much of the dullness of 

 Lent felt in this city and on fine days 

 we find business quite fair. Fliowers-are 

 quite plentiful, especially violets. A 

 good many are sold but it does not keep 

 down the cut. 



Mr. C. F. Christenson has had for'the 

 past two months a grand bed of migno- 

 nette, a big lot of it and spikes two feet 

 long. It has paid well, as most anything 

 does when well griown. It is in six inches 

 of soil on a broad middle bench of a verv 



liglit liouse and a night temperature 

 never over 45 degrees at night. 



From present indications lilies are go- 

 ing to be rather scarce. There are 

 blocks of a few hundred here and there 

 but in many establishments there will 

 not be one. So I look for a lively de- 

 mand. In other popular Easter flowers 

 there seems to be enough to go around, 

 although we do confidently expect that 

 the coming Easter will be a great one. 



We have a good many visitors, rather 

 more, naturally, than ordinary seasons, 

 and most of them take advantage of 

 their being in town and have a look at 

 the Pan-Am. Mr. Van Zanten was here 

 and a very jolly young man who repre- 

 vents Messrs. Hageman & Meyer, and 

 young Mr. Ed. Fancourt spent a day on 

 ills road home to Philadelphia, for a few 

 days' holiday, and doubtless there were 

 several more that we had not the honor 

 to meet. 



On Thursday next the club holds its 

 annual election and there is likely to 

 be a lively contest for the several offices 

 for they will be positions of honor, but 

 by no means soft jobs, for the coming 

 summer, as every man will have to do 

 his duty and there will be an abundance 

 of duty to do. 



Mr. W. J. Palmer started last night 

 for the grand aristocratic, gilt edged and 

 doubtless magnificent Xew York rose 



show. 



W. 



If you have any stock to offer the 

 trade do not fail to have an adv. in our 

 special spring number, to be issued next 

 week. 



