SEPTEMBER 29, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



463 



and not a speck of damage should be 

 seen when all is over. 



Exercise your best judgment in 

 decorating the church. Bunches of 

 eulalias with the flower plumes on are 

 fine to tie on top of tlie pillars and 

 suspend from tliem long, well-made 

 garlands of autumn leaves. Clematis 

 paniculata vines or a nice branch of 

 maple looks elegant hanging from gas 

 fixtures, or over archways, and a lit- 

 tle green or red folia.ne will make a 

 fine effect on the window sides and 

 sills. Bunches of golden roQ ana a 

 few autumn leaves tied on every other 

 pew-end down tlie center aisle will be 

 grand. The altar should be all green 

 and white. For this use grasses and 

 hydrangea: and just to make some ex- 

 tra object of admiration, decorate the 

 pulpit solidly with the reddest autumn 

 leaves you can get, and in the center 

 tie a good cluster of large yellow flow- 

 ers. Don't put any red flowers in the 

 church for this occasion; conline youv 

 colors to green, white and yellow, and 

 use plenty of greens; they cost almost 

 nothing. 



Now about the bride's and brides- 

 maids' bouquets. A small, loose bunch 

 of white chrysanthemums, with a few 

 sprays of well colored Japanese ma- 

 ples Intermixed, is tlie prettiest and 

 most appropriate for tlie bride, and if 

 there are flower girl.s or bridesmaids, 

 have them carry the same kind of 

 bunches, only in yellow, or a pretty 

 arrangement can be made of leghorn 

 sunbonnets trimmed with russet rib- 

 bon and filled with autumn leaves and 

 pompon chrysanthemums, these to be 

 carried on the left arm. Bridegroom 

 and ushers must wear the same col- 

 ored flowers as their companions. 



Of course, these suggestions are of- 

 fered to assist small florists who have 

 very few or no palms. There are many 



occasions where the large city florists 

 could use the same materials for elab- 

 orate decorations, as many people are 

 justly tired of roses and smilax, and 

 smilax and roses, which they get all 

 the year round, and city people all the 

 more appreciate the sweet vistas of the 

 country. 



New York Windows. 



Seen at Small's, on Broadway. — A 

 high-handled Marie Antoinette basket 

 trimmed in cerise colored surah silk, 

 high bow ribbon of same color; basket 

 filled with the new Lilium speciosum 

 opal. It was beautiful. 



Another design at the same place 

 and which attracted every eye on 

 Broadw'ay was another liigh-handled 

 basket trimmed in old gold surah silk 

 and high rosette bow of same color; 

 basket filled with Tritoma Carolin- 

 ianum. This basket set in a bed of 

 ferns makes a grand window attrac- 

 tion. 



At Scallen's we noticed some very 

 pretty ericas, the first of the season. 



Tliorley had in his window a pretty 

 wreath-like arrangement of Cattleya 

 Labiata. 



Miscellaneous Flowers. 



A green vase filled with several hun- 

 dred spikes of Salvia bonfire will at- 

 tract any eye; it is very brilliant. 



Cactus dahlias are "all the go" just 

 now. They are cheap and fine for win- 

 dow decorations. They are also much 

 used for table work; one old-rose col- 

 ored variety makes the grandest ef- 

 fect. 



Chrysanthemums are coming in, but 

 we will treat on them later. 



Bouvardia Humboldtil is one of the 

 prettiest white flowers we have at 

 present, and is useful for almost any- 

 thing in cut flowers or funeral work. 

 IVERA. 



Bulb Planting. 



If your trade asks for any outside 

 bulb planting for customers there is 

 no immediate hurry to get them in 

 the ground, but you should be prepar- 

 ed to supply tliem. From October 15 

 to November 1.") is the best time to 

 plant to expect the best results, al- 

 though I have planted tulip and hya- 

 cinth beds mucli later than the latter 

 date and had every reason to be satis- 

 fied. If we escape the early frosts of 



September the summer flowering 

 plants look so well during October 

 that there is no need of destroying 

 tliem till frost has entirely spoilt 

 their beauty. 



There are just a few points to ob- 

 serve about planting: First, plant 

 deep, whether it be tulip, hyacinth or 

 narcissus, they should be U inches be- 

 low the surface; they will be nearer 

 the surface before spring. Tliere is no 

 need of covering till real winter sets 

 in; L' or 3 inches of litter from the sta- 



ble is the best covering and that 

 should be removed as soon as the 

 frost is out of the ground in tlie 

 spring. The covering is not to pro- 

 tect from frost as much as to obviate 

 the effects of freezing and thawing, 

 wliich we have in an open winter and 

 often raises the bulbs very near the 

 surface. If your customers are good 

 ones and they believe you, advise 

 them for their good as well as yours 

 to plant thickly; tell them to plant 

 the bulbs close enough. If too expen- 

 sive shorten up the size of bed or bor- 

 der. Tulips one foot apart look as 

 lonely as the proverbial boarding 

 house soup oyster. Six inches apart 

 is the right distance for any of these 

 bulbs or at tlie most S inches. 



Late tulips sliould not be recom- 

 mended for flower beds, as they are 

 scarcely cleared away in time for the 

 summer plants, and then again the 

 earlier there is a gay bed of flowers 

 on the lawn the better pleased are 

 Tour patrons. I don't know any bet- 

 ter varieties for a handsome bed- of 

 tulips than tlie good sorts we grow 

 for our cut flowers in winter. For 

 Yellow, Yellow Prince and (.'hrysolo- 

 ra; scarlet, Waterloo equally well 

 known as La Belle Alliance and Ver- 

 million Brilliant: -white La Heine and 

 White Pottebakker; pink. Rose Gris- 

 delin and Cottage Maid, Keizers 

 Kroon is a grand striped tulip for 

 beds with its showy colors of red and 

 yellow and Joost Von Vondel is grand 

 in size, but color not decided, cherry 

 red and white. Proserpine is magni- 

 ficent where its shade of color suits. 

 Carmine pink. By referring to any 

 Holland or seedsman's list you will 

 see tliere is a great variety, but those 

 mentioned are tlie cream. Don't make 

 the mistake of planting hyacinths or 

 narcissus Von Sion with the tulips, as 

 they -will be out of flower before the 

 tulips are at their best. 



Transplanting. 



There is no better month in the 

 whole year to transplant most of our 

 useful herbaceous plants than the usu- 

 ally (with us) beautiful month of Oc- 

 tober. Paeonies, plilox, helianthus. 

 delphiniums and almost all of this 

 class can now be divided or trans- 

 planted, and allow me to say that 

 these hardy perennials need a move 

 occasionally; they get worn out, tired 

 out and new soil does them much 

 good. The useful and beautiful pyre- 

 thrum is an exception. Don't disturb 

 it now or at least don't divide it late 

 in the fall. Altliough not a seasonable 

 hint, would like to say that many 

 find a difficulty in getting up a good 

 stock of the pyrethrum. which is by 

 all means one of the best of our hardy 

 flowers. Take cuttings in tlie spring 

 before they throw up their flower 

 shoots — you can get a few from every 

 plant — root them as cool as possible 

 and grow in pots in a frame till Au- 

 gust, then plant them out. 



Florists, especially those who grow 



