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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



APRIL 19, I'M. 



on what is obtainable now, allowing 

 yourself to elaborate on them. Orange 

 blossoms are popular on account of the 

 traditions surrounding them, yet most 

 brides ask for them, not knowing their 

 meaning. These blossoms are to be had 

 now, are suitable for head spray, small 

 round bouquet, spray bunch, or cluster 

 with other flowers. Golden Gate roses 

 are appropriate for California brides, 

 but on account of their stiff, leafless 

 stem are only suitable for the round 

 hand bouquet. Trim with light Farley- 

 ense fern. Bride roses, with the pink 

 tinge usually seen on them at this 

 time of the year, are very good for 

 cheap round bouquets; Kaiserins are 

 sweeter, though, and we prefer them; 

 they make a more graceful effect. 

 Roses, remember, are only suitable for 

 the round trimmed bouquet; when car- 

 ried by the bride the leaves and thorns 

 are apt to damage the dress if used in 

 a loose bunch or spray. Valley with 

 cluster of white orchids, stephanotis. 

 orange blossoms, one or two fine roses, 

 or a fringe of jessamine. 



White sweet peas make up very 

 prettily if cut long and arranged grace- 

 fully. They should never appear sod- 

 den. Use very pale pink or yellow for 

 bridesmaids. Swainsona does well for 

 cheap bunches. Some will insist on 

 having Marguerites and they can be 

 made to look extremely fine: use the 

 large California variety; fringe with 

 cuneatum or Asparagus tenuissimus. 



White heather is good and appro- 

 priate for Scotch, and nothing will 

 please an Irish girl better than lily of 

 the valley trimmed with siiararocks. 



White pansies or white violets can 

 be made to look elegant, but it is nec- 

 essary to put these flowers on wires 

 singly, that is, stick a No. 36 wire into 

 the back of the flower and twist 'round 

 the stem; this will prevent the flower 

 from hanging its head and will also 

 allow you to make up irregular, which 

 is necessary to show off the full beauty 

 of small flowers. 



No matter what flower the bride car- 

 ries, the groom's boutonniere should 

 be made of the same. In the case of 



Easter Window Dicoration of Mr. C. A Samuelson, Chicigo. 



The clustered bouquet is almost un- 

 limited in variety. Bouquets of mag- 

 nolias or gardenias, especially for 

 southern belles. White orchids will, 

 of course, always lead in price, though 

 they may not always be the most beau- 

 tiful. Some very fine white or very 

 pale mauvish cattleyas can be got, but 

 in the case of orchids, variety is al- 

 ways best; a few sprays of Odonto- 

 glossum crispum, phalaenopsis, and a 

 fringe of Coelogyne cristata mixed 

 'mong the cattleyas will show up to 

 fine advantage. In all cases the best 

 and lightest tinted fern should be 

 used; we prefer Farleyense or gracil- 

 limum. No common greens should be 

 discernible with these rich flowers. 



bridesmaids, you are generally ordered 

 to match the color of the dress; very 

 often the dress color itself is selected 

 to match some favorite flower; in such 

 cases be very careful of the color of 

 your ribbon; always sele<t it in day- 

 light; artificial light is deceptive. If 

 the parties have confidence in your 

 good taste, they will often look to you 

 for suggestions, and very much of 

 your success as a retail florist depends 

 on your ability as an originator. 



Leghorn hats are going to be popu- 

 lar this summer. Why not suggest 

 that they be trimmed gracefully with 

 natural roses and be worn by brides- 

 maids, or reverse them and carry them 

 on the arm filled with roses; or let the 



bridesmaids carry large loose bunches 

 of fine roses across the alternate right 

 and left arms. Dresses may be even 

 trimmed with garlands of natural 

 roses; in such a case very, very little 

 foliage would be permissible. A shoul- 

 der strap of roses would be better than 

 a sash ribbon; of course, the rose gar- 

 land would be tied with a broad bow of 

 ribbon. There's a hundred and one 

 things to suggest if one takes time to 

 think them out. Only encourage a 

 greater use of flowers and less dry 

 goods. 



There are many flower girls who 

 carry baskets of flowers before the 

 bride to the altar, and these flowers 

 come back to the house. That's en- 

 tirely wrong; the flowers should be 

 put in the basket loosely and scat- 

 tered here and there on the floor as 

 the girl walks before the bride from 

 the church door to the altar or bench, 

 or whatever it is they have in some 

 churches or chapels. Educate the peo- 

 ple to use flowers properly and with 

 their full meaning and more will be 

 used, giving pleasure alike to all. 



IVERA. 



EASTER WINDOW DECORATION. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of the Easter win- 

 dow decoration of Mr. Chas. A. Sam- 

 uelson, Chicago. The photograph does 

 scant justice to the beautiful display, 

 as it is exceedingly difficult to secure a 

 satisfactory photograph through a 

 plate glass window. However, the pic- 

 ture will serve to make the description 

 plainer: 



The chariot at the right is of white 

 and gold braid and is loosely filled 

 with lilies. On the front of the chariot 

 is perched a dove, from whose bill lead 

 lines of No. 1 white baby ribbon to 

 each of the doves in flight, of which, 

 by the way, there were a dozen or 

 more, though only seven show in the 

 picture. Similar lengths of baby rib- 

 bon lead from the lower front of the 

 chariot to the doves in flight. The 

 doves and ribbons were kept in gen- 

 tle motion by a slow-moving electric 

 fan concealed behind a partial screen 

 of asparagus at the extreme right. The 

 fan was so well concealed that many 

 inquiries were made as to what pro- 

 duced the flutter of the doves and rib- 

 bons. The window was partially 

 screened from the store inside by fes- 

 toons of asparagus. 



Just back of the chariot appears a 

 triple white wicker trumpet vase, fi'led 

 also with lilies. The space in the fore- 

 ground is filled with various Easter 

 plant arrangements, leading features 

 being the egg shaped baskets of white 

 l)irch bark filled with various plants 

 and flowers. largely baby primroses. 

 At the left is seen a hamper of azaleas 

 and Clotilde Soupert rose plants. The 

 general effect of this window was most 

 excellent and it excited much admir- 

 ing comment. 



ROCKFORD, ILL.— -W. Hizer has 

 opened a store at ILt W. State St. 



