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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 19, 1901. 



have cov( 

 gracilliiii; 



1:irs with Eulalia 

 >ienis and allow- 

 ratefuUy out, and 

 !■ same effect, 

 inpr as much used 

 il wlien good and 

 ■ to decorate any 

 v: il is not the 



nothini; .•..uM m.iKc- 



Golden rod is not 

 as in former years, 

 bright it is accept; 

 hallway in llu' coi 



flower til I'lii :t nu till' |ijiiiliii'j^ and 



delicate luini^h),,^-. l,r> p n in llir 



next till' I'hl I Jlh .■ iin.l :i ::.:} Ii -ni ■jlrLii 

 house S|(H k II mil i\ jl . i| ;li'\\ n ,, l i l.nl 

 ioli, triluni.i-, livdi,ni-.;i |.;nnru l:i I a, 



asters, <■: ,i-, d.iiil..,- .mil m.nu Ii.mu- 



tihil Willi lliuii- -ml, I- r.nliMMia l.-.li-- 



quaraa ami i;. n.lr I.-, i ,nr.,|iM- liip- 



teris, Kn.ll.riK,,, tnlolM. Ilrlmnini an- 

 tumnalc. Ililminni -ji ani|nT|iliahiin 

 striatum. Iluillir- kia >|iirni..a. Hcliii|isis 

 helianthoides and many others equally 

 lovely and despised merely because they 

 grow abundantly in our meadows and 

 marshes; all these are obtainable and at 

 very little cost. A wagonload of such 

 material is merely the spending of a few 

 hours and a few dollars in the country 

 and is sufficient to decorate several large 

 rooms or a church. 



Many .a coiuitry- florist rushes to the 

 city to purchase for the smallest orders, 

 when, particularly in the ea^e of funeral 

 work or decorations, better materials can 

 be had near his own place for the trouble 

 of collecting it. Any man with half an 

 acre of land, too. should be continually 

 surrounded with enough flowers of his 

 own to meet almost any order up to frost 

 time. Limited grounds must be treated 

 the same as greenhouse space; grow only 

 good valuable flowers to cut; and when 

 one thing is oyer have two more to put 

 in its place. 



We forgot to remind you in its class 

 that climbing rose foliage, particularly 

 that of Eosa Wichuraiana and its hy- 

 brids, is fine for' rose decorations. Ar- 

 i recommended in the 

 and tie short roses 

 Don't make the in- 

 excusable blunder of putting two differ- 

 ent colored roses on the one drapery, 

 though, and if you want the flowers to 

 last several hours stick them in Kift's 

 hanging glasses or rubber-capped tubes, 

 but be careful to have the glasses hid- 

 den. Where a rose decoration of the 

 above nature is wanted, and it is the best 

 way to decorate, buy the poorer grade 

 roses in the box as they come from the 

 grower and stick them up to the necks 

 in watii fi.r an hour of two before us- 

 inL' : \'in ran liave a few of the finer 

 blii'iiM- wiinl (i) stand out prominently. 



Wlicro \vi' liave a bank of roses, or 

 mantel shelf to make, we use small pot- 

 ted rose plants for green and use the 

 same variety of rose flowers to finish. 

 You can get any variety of rose plants 

 at places denoted in the classified advs. 

 of this paper; and where you have fine 

 rose work to do, be the design wreath, 

 vase, basket or larger designs, you can 

 do better work with good rose foliage 

 than is possible with ferns, asparagus 

 or other gieens. Twenty-five rose plants 

 used to advantage in a design is worth 

 more than fifty cut roses sornetimes, and 

 many more would be used were their 

 great value recognized. Usually the most 

 of the greening is done after the flow- 

 ers are put in; it should be done before. 



Bouquets. 



As to wedding bouquets there is not 

 very much to select from. Lily of the 

 Valley has been scarce, but the wide- 

 awake buyer can get all that is wanted 

 for ordinary purposes, providing he buys 

 early in the morning. Afternoon orders 



range the foliage 

 case of clematis, 

 among the foliag( 



for valley eould nut be filled in New 

 York last week. A limited quantity of 

 stephanotis can be had, some gardenias, 

 a few Dendrobium formosum, quite a 



the lieautif.il Bouvardia 

 ■Ml Mnliilliua. and a few 

 ^iiilal.le II r side clusters. 



quanl 



with pendent -pia> m Iniit; these are 

 to be tied willi l In inln-i ribbons. Tlie 

 names and .l.Ue- . nilnnnlered on the 

 ends. The bent and .sweetest white rose 

 is the Kaiserin, and the short t-horns 

 should be clipped off the foliage where 

 they are to be used for bouquets. 



Adiantum Farleyen.-e «ill In- u-e,I in 

 every class of fine wmK Hir naniin.: -la 

 !!0n. Whilst it will nni .In i- Inne llii- 

 beautiful fern appear rlnaii, m lia\e llm 

 small-hearted cu.stomer have some of it 

 thrown in with every few cents' worth 

 of flowers, yet every store doing any size 

 of a business will do well to have a few 

 plants in the window. It enhances the 

 value of everything. It is a necessity 

 in the up-to-date store. 



Funeral Work. 



Funeral work constitutes the greater 

 part of the trade at this time, and in 

 the majority of cases the florist can, if 

 he goes the' right way about it, recom- 

 mend and use any flower he chooses. The 

 customer usually selects the design and 

 requests the use of "plenty of roses." 

 AH this can be done and still use any 

 flower for groundwork. Roses have re- 

 cently been purchasable for $2.50 per 

 thousand; fairly good stock can be had 

 now at $1.00 per hundred, and whilst 

 these prices prevail designs can be made 

 entirely of roses at a small figure. It 

 requires about 200 of such roses to 

 properly malce a 20 or 24-inch wreath, 

 providing you use plenty of their foliage 

 for greening. Where adiantum is used 

 le?s roses are needed. In funeral work 

 there is more chance to use up poor 

 grade finwers than in any other section 

 of the business. 



Asters have been a great failure in 

 New York this season; with a very few 

 exceptions the quality of flowers has 

 been poorer than those sent to any other 

 city's market ; some blame the seeds- 

 men and others the narrow, bargain- 

 driving growers; anyhow. New York's 

 asters are a disgrace. These flowers are 

 a necessity for two months, and it is 

 bad business not to get the very best and 

 cultivate them with care. Beautiful 

 wreaths can be made with purple asters. 

 We use five hundred medium flowers to 

 a 30-inch wreath and tie a broad bow of 

 the same color or white taffeta ribbon. 

 The same can be done with white asters. 

 They are the best flowers to recommend 

 for shipping long distances or for use 

 in cemetery designs. The flower may 

 look common or cheap, but a properly 

 made wreath will look as well, if not 

 better, than one of any other flower. 



Immense quantities of double tube- 

 roses are coming in, and except for use 

 in base work or in the designs ordered 

 by poor people there is not much de- 

 mand for them. The single tuberoses 

 can be used to nuieh greater advantage, 

 but aie ii-ii L'ennally i;rii\vn. Hydran- 

 gea |iaiiniilala l- |iliail l fill ; it is now 



briii^inu II ■^-■iiii |,i I HiO. For cheap 



work we liislily reeuiuniLiid this flower; 

 a 2-cent head properly stemmed can 

 cover a square foot of surface; it is the 



cheapest groundwork flower on the mar- 

 ket. 



Double while altheas and double white 

 petunias are also used for groundwork, 

 and cost 2.5 cents per 100. White 

 dahlias are coining in in quantity, soon 

 to be followed by the chrysanthemum. 

 Where chea]) funeral designs are wanted, 

 \aiiiiy lif (!.i^Ml-, i\eii though they be 



] 1. \\ ill .ji.-.iil\ j,\-\ III the value; in 



llu- \\a\ will le a -iilnl mass is used for 

 lir-l llnw.i'. -iiiall -].rays of candytuft, 

 fe\riiV\\. eaiiiaiiMii-, w.iirv lilies, or any 



Cillna ulille lliiuri, ^^,ll liel|i >llinv off. 



Siliil Willi, ill, I -111 iiiiaii |iaiieake or 

 imililiinj like iliiiiL'-. I lie>' ean be made 

 jii-i a- aiii iiiivi .1- ilir carved marble. 

 Tlir lliiii-i wlhi 111-1-K iin every one of 

 bin in-liiiini- lakiiiL- I lie ultra classical 

 ti an 111- imn -laiidiioint is, to say the 

 lia-i. fiiiili-li. and on the way to do a 

 -nil, hud trailr. We may incline to cer- 

 tain ideaU lint must respect the opin- 

 ions of customers. Might as well try 

 to force a newsboy to choose a Wagner- 

 ian creation in preference to a cake- 

 walk as to make some people take one 

 design or flower where they want an- 

 other. No. harm -for you -to propose, 

 but don't insist. 



We regret the color lines in funeral 

 flowers are not more generally recog- 

 nized. There is a tendency to work off 

 any old thing or color despite appro- 

 priateness. We often wonder if people 

 who. do this know the difference or that 

 they merely disregard the opinions and 

 nerves of their customers. 



Material for flat bunches is not plenti- 

 ful outside of roses. Lilies are confined 

 to a few L. sjieciosums, but fine work 

 can be done with even poor grade roses. 

 You can make a new funeral bunch this 

 way: Wire your roses and tie them up 

 into several long, graceful sprays; get 

 some steel wire, cut into desired lengths 

 and bend to curve out from each end; 

 green these well with any light vine, or 

 preferablv rose foliage: tie your sprays 

 to the will- and lia\i- tlie center of the 

 bunch qniii l,,ai> ; linish with broad 



bow of rilikmi al ca, li >ide. 



The general run nt cut flowers is im- 

 proving every day now, and the early 

 bird can always ' pick up something 

 choice to otTer" special trade. Liberties 

 are L;,;iiiu In lie scaicer next winter be- 

 r;iu-, inaiu jiiiwers became impatient 

 \Mlli ii and ,li-,arded it. Beauties are 

 pleutuul and fairly good. Do all you 

 can to encourage growers to furnish va- 

 riety. Even if vou cannot sell them 

 every day, a few' Testouts, Perles, Car- 

 not-'. W.ittevilles, Sunsets, Bon Silenes, 

 Papa Cud 111-, flolden Gates, or any 

 oilier kinil \m1I add value to the tiresome 

 Biiilesniaiil. I'.ridc, Meteor and Beauty, 

 and if there is any trade at all variety 

 can always be used. On the buyer and 

 the artist depend much of the future of 

 floriculture; they can and do kill the 

 chances of many a wmlliy new flower; 

 yes, many a gcmd linn- is diiven from 

 the market by lia-i> juil^^nunts or lack 

 of foresight. Tlie only .sate way for the 

 introduction of novelties is to seek the 

 patronage of some influential florist 

 or flower lover for their pets. 

 Notes. 

 Last week we had the very great 

 pleasure of escorting through the New 

 York maikels Mi. and Mrs. Phil Haus- 

 wirth and Mi- \. Kreitling. of Chica- 

 go. It lia|i|,i nil II, lie the days before 

 the Jewi-li -\ew \<Ar. Very little stock 

 was to be seen, and such as it was these 

 distinguished visitors assured us that 



