Janl-akv •>(). 1898. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



343 



The Shower Bouquet. 



ers that could not furnish a few good 

 plants, if not cut flowers, even the small- 

 est grower among us. Nearly all grow 

 geraniums, carnations, chrysanthemums, 

 and a variety of blooming plants, for all 

 of which there are desirable premiums 

 offered, and we should exert ourselves 

 and take pleasure in growing a few plants, 

 not how many but how good. If you | 

 have never attempted to grow for exhibi- 

 tion you will be surprised the amount of 

 pleasure you will derive. Of course it 

 takes a great deal of hard work and study 

 to attain success, but just make up your 

 mind to do your best, not minding if you 

 do meet with difficulties, and you will be 

 amply repaid, if not in the ahnightv dol- 

 lar at least in the amount of pleasure you 

 will feel in looking at the result of your 

 handiwork and the words of praise you 

 hear from customers and friends. 



.■\lthough a true gardener's love for his 

 plants anil flowers is the first considera- 

 tion, still you will find it will greatly 

 benefit you from a business standpoint 

 when customers see your fine show plants. 

 They will naturally want to have some 

 like them, even if not quite so large and 



fine, and it is sometimes a hard task to re- 

 fuse to sell the ver\- plants and flowers 

 that are intended for exhibition. 



I am sure if you cast aside all jealous 

 and selfish thoughts and grow for pleas- 

 ure alone, you will attain success in one 

 class or another, but do not be dis- 

 heartened or disappointed if j-ou do not 

 take as many blue ribbons as }'OU ex- 

 pected; remember, the other fellow will 

 be there. If you do not succeed at first, 

 try, try again. 



In conclusion, Mr. President and broth- 

 er gardeners, I would repeat, let us all 

 unite and success will be ours, but dis- 

 banded we will meet with failure. By 

 putting our shoulders to the wheel and 

 leaving nothing undone to achieve suc- 

 cess I am sure we will have a most suc- 

 cessful show, not only from an artistic 

 standpoint, but also financially. I think 

 those that exhibit can be reasonably sure 

 of having their premiums paid in full. 



I again repeat b\' all means let us have 

 a show^ only give us a chance and we 

 will give our citizens and visitors such a 

 show as will be heard of. Let us make 

 the chrysanthemum show and floral ex- 



hibition of 1S9S a grand success, and I 

 onlv hope the executive committee, who- 

 ever they may be, will be able to secure 

 space in the exposition building, for suc- 

 cess depends a great deal on location, as 

 I have alwavs maintained. 



SHOWER BOUQUET. 



( )ur illustration portrays one of the 

 most beautiful additions to the narrow- 

 variety of bouiiuets, and is the one used 

 almost exclusively these days by the 

 "smart set." There is no variety of flower 

 that lends itself more gracefullv than lily 

 of the valley to this style of horticultural 

 architecture, as a ground plan to work 

 upon, and then finished here and there 

 with sprays of orchids, buds of roses, vio- 

 lets, or for that matter any seasonable 

 flower that will balance evenly with the 

 whole, then the lout luscinb/e effect is all 

 that can be desired and will satisfy the 

 most exacting customers. 



The bouquet seen in our illustration 

 contains about two hundred vallev, eigh- 

 teen Cypripedium insigne and a fair pro- 

 portion of fern and asparagus; cost to you 

 about f.i2 includin.g rilibon and "fixiiis" 

 and to cost "the other feller" what j-ou 

 can get — price usually asked in New York 

 |25to I35 at this lime of year. 



The bouquet is usually built up in spravs 

 and then boiuid together, a few smaller 

 sprays being placed where needed; the 

 main sprays as follows: 

 Two sprays IH inches long. 

 '1 wo sprays 12 inches long- 

 Two sprays H inches long. 

 Fini.shed with asparagus or fern, Adian- 

 tum cuneatum or Adiantum Farlevense if 

 preferred, and broad and narrow lace rib- 

 bons from which are attached small 

 sprays of flowers that are used in the 

 general make-up. 



A NOVEL JARDINIERE. 



While we are scouring the tropics for 

 novelties, while we are absorbing cata- 

 logues to find something new and use- 

 ful to attract our customers, there are 

 many things pretty, useful and orna- 

 mental right at our very door and this 

 was never more thoroughly impressed on 

 my mind than when I saw a very pretty 

 jardiniere at Galvin's in Boston, com- 

 po.sed of the following native plants: 

 Hardy ferns in variety, gbodyearas, sar- 

 racenias, ground pine. Partridge berries, 

 bird berries, and finished off here and 

 there with little masses of "silver" moss, 

 the whole making a unique and very 

 pretty efiect. B. 



VIOLETS. 



A Chicago grower finds that if Marie 

 Louise is kept very cool and dry the 

 flowers come paler in color and with a 

 greater amount of fragrance. And the 

 color so secured seem to make the flowers 

 more salable in the Chicago market, 

 while, of course, the increased fragrance 

 considerably enhances their value. 



Another grower says violets should be 

 picked only in the middle of the day 

 when the house is warm. They are then 

 fragrant and if picked then will retain 



