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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Autumn Decorations. 



Keep your eye open for a few early 

 well colored autumn leaves; you will 

 soon find them in the swamp or along 

 water fronts; they will be a welcome 

 change in your window. Don't forget 

 that a great many people object to the 

 use of autumn foliage for wedding dec- 

 orations, at least they will not have 

 them in the room where the ceremony 

 is performed. They argue that there is 

 a tinge of sadness about them that is 

 inappropriate to these joyful events; 

 others don't care. Anyhow, be careful 

 in recommending their use. We usually 



and It poo: 

 flowers in 

 until your 

 nothing like 

 to bully o 

 their friends; 

 is a good su 

 ist; dignily 



Hi-ll roin, 



larbotli 111 i: 

 If you li.i|i|i. 

 where culm 

 a cluster () 

 advantage, 

 them; they 



Keep y< 



up" florist 



hip, A 



ject for the comic caitoon- 

 s a respectp<l virtue. 



• I'runus I'issardii to good 

 Don't scatter things. Group 

 are thus more impressive. 



Broken Column by O.J. Friedman, Ch 



use them in the hall and one or two 

 rooms, having nothing but green for the 

 background in the principal room. 



A most important thing for all to re- 

 member is that when you go to a house 



to decorate don t be spect 

 approach. Avoi.l j|ii'.ii 

 were going to citli'i imx 

 cover everything in n. II 

 rial and men neat, linn't 

 cipal rooms or the halh' 



ir in your 

 as if you 

 ■ liouse or 

 , n\ir mate- 

 • tlie prin- 

 your store- 



room, but put your stock out of the way. 



Phrynium variegatum and Black Beauty 

 canna were two very successful plants 

 in the garden this summer; the former 

 may be used in many places indoors. 



Plants. 



Attend to your forget-me-nots for 

 Christmas and New Years. This is the 

 time of the year when propagators are 

 filling the benches with many old and 

 obsolete varieties of plants that ought 

 to be discarded. Don't fill your houses 



with rubbish, just for the sake of having 

 something in them: it is cheaper to have 

 them empty than burn coal and waste 

 time growing stock which cannot be sold. 

 Now is your time to clear out every- 

 thing that will not pay for the space it 

 occupies. 



The retailer who can store plants 

 safely can now pick up many fine bar- 

 gains at the auction rooms. Small and 

 medium stock can now be got for half 

 the price it will be two months hence. 

 We will write on the plant market next 

 week. 



There will be a vast quantity of coni- 

 fers used in vase and window boxes this 

 fall and winid, yes, far more than in 

 yi-ai- |.a-t. I'ini'l out where you can 

 get, lluin at |niris and in varieties and 

 sizes must suitable. To nurserymen, let 

 us say put a good stock of conifers in 

 your "sheds before the frosts get too 

 , and do your best to encourage 

 evergreen winter decorations in the large 

 cities. Last year it was impossible to 

 get any decent plants in New York 

 after hard weather set in, and the prices 

 and material offered were prohibitive. 

 If florists would display a well filled 

 window-box, vase or pot of conifers they 

 would not only help to beautify their 

 places, but would encourage a more gen- 

 eral use of them by the public. 



One of the most unpleasant features 

 of the present time is the boarded plants. 

 People begrudge paying the price for 

 keeping and cleaning their plants all 

 summer. These plants are a nuisance 

 and a drawback to the plant trade and 

 should be well charged for. Iveba. 



FUNERAL DESIGNS. 



We present herewith engravings from 

 photographs of a number of floral ar- 

 rangements sent to the funeral of the 

 late President McKinley. 



The cross and column by Friedman, 

 Chicago (Joseph Curran, artist), were 

 each over eiglit feet tall, and the cross 

 contained 3,000 American Beauty roses. 

 It was a block cross and the surface was 

 about a foot on each of the four sides 

 when filled. The column was of white 

 carnations and asters, and was about 

 a foot in diameter when filled. The fes- 

 toon was of Bridesmaid roses. 



The two urns by Schubert & Co., Chi- 

 cago (Henry Rowe. artist), were filled 

 with American Beauty roses, 200 in each. 

 The body of the urns" were each of white 

 asters, but on one of the handles were 

 purple asters and the festoon of lily of 

 tin; \alliy, wliilf on the other one han- 

 dl<'- ami h-t. un wrre of American Beau- 

 (i,.- r, ill w.ir about eight feet in 

 111. Tlir l.iur designs cost $720.00, 

 and uiii- -int I'V the Chicago Business 



y\r„ - A-~i .laln.M. 



llic- di-iun li\ t'he American Rose Co., 

 Wasliiiigtijn, uas an open book 6 feet 

 by 4. made of the new Golden Coehet 

 rose and lily of the valley; lying care- 

 lessly on one of the pages was a book- 

 mark of purple satin, on which in letr 

 ters of gold were the martyred pres- 

 ident's last words: 



"God's Will Be Done." 



This book was raised over a plateau 

 7 by 9 feet, composed of rare ferns. 

 Yellow Coehet and White Golden Gate 

 roses and lily of the valley; and form- 

 ing a background were three silk flags 

 draped and carried diagonally across the 

 plateau, the whole plateau profusely fes- 

 tooned with a blending of three shades 

 of purple satin ribbon. 



