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The Weeldy Florists' Review. 



this one might possibly l)e received fa- 

 vorably. 



This season flowers have been worn 

 quite freely in the hair. This seems to be 

 a natural outcome after the great varie- 

 ty of egrets which have been worn of 

 late. The custom is a pretty one and if 

 not overdone will even become more pop- 

 ular next season! Some women have 

 taken pleasure in wearing the same kind 

 of flower throughout the season, and in 

 some eases have become identified as al- 

 ways wearing this or that flower. Arti- 

 ficial flowers, especially the rose, have 

 been very popular, and when the reac- 

 tion comes for real flowers, the florist 

 will be quick to appreciate the change. 



There are innumerable ways of wear- 

 ing flowers attractively but what looks 

 well on one person may not be so at- 

 tractive on another. Just as each person 

 must choose for himself what clothes he 

 is to wear to the best advantage, so must 

 every one decide for himself what flow- 

 ers are the most becoming. The color 

 idea is very important. Yellows, for ex- 

 ample, are not well adapted for evening 

 wear, for they lack cheerfulness. The red 

 rose in the dark hair is as we all know 

 a beautiful combination, but in the 

 blond hair we prefer to see the rose of 

 a more delicate tint. As for the charac- 

 ter of the flower itself, we can easily 

 draw preferences. The vivacious ath- 

 letic girl can wear most any flower with 

 a dash which might not be so becoming 

 to her delicate friend, who would choose 

 a single rosebud. 



From the time that Egyptian maidens 

 used the lotus flower as a means of per- 

 sonal adornment to our present modern 

 up-to-dateness we find the ever present 

 impulse to wear flowers and we believe 

 that this natural instinct will be pre- 

 served provided the wearing of flowers 

 is not made ridiculous bv the introduc- 



tion of unnecessary paraphernalia in 

 their wearing. Geo. W. Wieniioebeb. 



Chicago. 



[The accompanying drawing showing 

 the correct manner of carrying a bride's 

 bouquet and its proper size, etc., was 

 made for the Kevikw by Mr. Wienhoeber 

 at our special request, and the article 

 itself was also written upon request. 

 We feel sure both will be of unusual in- 

 terest to our readers. Mr. Wienhoeber 

 is a son of Mr. E. Wienhoeber, the well- 

 known Chicago florist, and we are 

 pleased to say takes a broad and gener- 

 ous interest in the welfare of the pro- 

 fession to which he expects to devote his 

 business life.— Ed.] 



FAIRY FLOWERS. 



When and where or on what emblems, 

 if any, can "Fairy flowers" be used to 

 advantage and what is the general way, 

 if any, of using them ? W. P. 



If by "Fairy flower" is meant milk- 

 weed balls or pompons, which are by 

 some called "Fairy flowers," we may in- 

 form our friend that they are used for 

 what is termed "festooning" dried or 

 preserved flower designs. Years ago 

 they were more popular and were used to 

 good advantage in gi-ass bouquets, pal- 

 ettes, panels, horseshoes, wreaths and 

 the class of designs intended for lasting 

 ornamentation. They are used at the 

 present time, but only by those having 

 cheap trade. They can be had in almost 

 anv color, and cost from 75c to $1.25 

 per 100. 



On principle we are opposed to dried 

 work, but realize the fact that many 

 florists are so situated that this class of 

 material constitutes no little part of 

 their trade. By the term "festooning" 

 is meant to put clusters or longer flowe 

 above a groundwork of capes or immc 

 telles. IvERA. 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SEASONABLE MINTS. 



Callas. 



I am asked occasionally what treat- 

 ment to give callas. They should be out 

 of doors laying on their sides and they 

 are all the better for not having any 

 water at all. If allowed to get partial- 

 ly wet during storms they make a growth 

 which I believe is not good for them. 

 Better rest entirely unt-l time to start 

 in the fall, or say early in September, 

 when they should be shaken out and 

 every bit of old soil taken from them 

 and repotted in 5, 6 or 7-ineh pots ac- 

 cording to the size of the tuber. The 

 young offshoots that were potted last 

 "fall when you started the old plants and 

 had been grown along in 3-inch pots dur- 

 ing winter should now be 'n 5-inch and 

 plunged out of doors. Plunge the pots 

 to the rims in the earth, or, just as well, 

 in some well-decayed manure. If con- 

 stantly supplied with water these plants 

 will make a sturdy growth and make 

 good flowering plants by next Septem- 

 ber. It is surprising what plants they 

 will make in one summer if liberally 

 treated. 



Caladiums. 



The fancy caladium is now one of our 

 best summer decorative plants. By this 

 time you should have some handsome 

 pots, but they will not do their best 

 unless given plenty of pot room. If in 

 6 or 8-inch pots they should now go 

 into a 10-inch or even 12-inch and they 

 will in August make splendid specimens. 

 If well suppled with water they will 

 stand almost the broad sun under glass. 

 Cinerarias. 



Those who grow early cinerarias, that 

 is, seed sown in March or April, with 

 the idea of having them in flower next 

 Christmas, will need to keep a sharp 

 lookout for them during summer. The 

 heat is their greatest enemy. An ideal 

 place for them is a cold frame with the 

 pots plunged and the glass raised both 

 back and front and the sash taken ofl 

 entirely at night when there is no dan- 

 ger of a storm. Keep tobacco stems 

 strewn on the surface of the plunging 

 material and that will save a great deal 

 of fumigat'ng. As you all know, green 

 fly is most troublesome on these plants. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Don't be the least bit afraid that you 

 are late planting chrysanthemums. There 

 seems about as good a demand every fall 

 of late as there ever was for moderate- 

 priced flowers, and those planted any 

 time this month will still make good 

 flowers. You can also keep propagat- 

 ing. We have propagated the end o"f 

 this month, planted out the end of Au- 

 gust, and produced most useful flowers — 

 not large, but still they sold well at a 

 paying price. I will repeat again, as I 

 have often told you, that you must keep 

 these cuttings saturated and shaded and 

 then they will root. We used to think 

 once that it was necessary to put up a 

 hot bed to root chrysanthemum eutting.s 

 in summer, but it is not if you will only 

 give the propagating bed plenty of water 

 and never allow them to wilt. 



Crimson Ramblers. 



Although the Crimson Rambler roses 

 did not sell quite as well last year as 

 formerly it is most desirable that we 

 should all have some nice plants. It is 

 only in the very large cities that $10 or 

 $15 plants are wanted. Something that 

 will sell for from $3 to $5 is much more 

 in demand. I have had no luck with 

 plants lifted, although perhaps if I 

 had had them on my own place and 

 could have lifted them from the ground 

 and in a few minutes had them' potted 

 and rarcfully tuiit.,! it wouM have been 

 a -urn--. Ill 1,1. t, iliiM- i- 110 doubt 

 Mi-Ill it 1h.,,ii-,. M, rv;,,- and Mr. 

 H;n li. ;in.l .itlur- ,1,, ,1 -u,-,T-,tulIy. 



We started dormant plants in April, 

 got them to make three or four good 

 strong canes under glass, and it is 

 about that now that I want to say a 

 word. They should by this time have 

 made about all the growth that is de- 

 sirable. That is, canes flve or six feet 

 long and as large as you want them. 

 They will do better after the middle of 

 this month out of doors. Stand them 

 out in the broad sun and put some 

 plunging material round the pots or you 

 cannot keep them well watered. Any 

 rains we may get up to the middle of 

 September will not hurt tlir-m. In fact, 

 they would have to be re,t.ni];i i ly wati-ri'd ; 

 but after that heavy rain- ' -1im\i1,1 be 

 avoided and as it is not HImIn that, you 

 will have many of them it pays well 

 in case of heavy rains to just lay the 

 jjlants on their sides. As the ripening 

 process will have begun your object is 

 to get a good, large, well-ripened cane, 

 wh'ch will force with the greatest ease 

 and be bound to give you flowers at any 

 time. 



Bermuda Lilies 



Nothing makes us feel that the c.ycle 

 of the year is round again so much as 

 when we begin to receive our first con- 

 signment of Bennuda lilies. We think, 

 "Here we are again, started in for an- 

 other year." The early bulbs from Ber- 

 muda will soon be arriving. For the 

 past few yeai-s, and perhaps always, the 

 lilies we cut from November on till Feb- 

 ruary have been the most profitable of all 

 the lilies. Whatever dilTerence of opin- 

 ion there is about the method of grow- 

 ing the Easter lot there is no doubt but 

 what the early five to seven bulbs should 

 be planted at once into their flowering 

 pots, and 5-inch is the size. 



A shaded house is just about as cool 

 as a cold frame, but if you are crowded 

 inside a cold frame will do very well. 

 Let the top of the bulb be about even 

 with the surface of the soil. Give them 



