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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Ja.makv 



1903. 



In figure 2 we again have a drapin : 

 of Asparagus deeuinbens, but it has been 

 used a little too freely. It gives the 

 bouquet an appearance of being too 

 hea^y and thereby makes it too no- 

 ticeable a feature. The shape of the 

 bouquet is very good, because it is well 

 built up in the center and the massing 

 of the flowers give the bouquet a fin- 

 ished look. A bouquet which is well 

 built up in the center shows off its flow- 

 ers to the best advantage. 



In figure 3 is shown another sweet pea 

 bouquet which is not radically different 

 from the bouqviet in figure 1. However, 

 it brings to mind one point for comment, 

 and that is the size of tlie ribbon used. 

 For sweet peas, it seems that (lie rib- 

 bon is too wide, and that if a narrower 

 ribbon were used and possibly a few 

 more loops of it, the effect would l)e 

 more airy and graceful. Were the bou- 



e.xpensive than the satin gi'os grain, but 

 the beauty of the ribbon is also much 

 more in evidence. When wide ribbons 

 are used, there is a tendency to have the 

 flowers overbalanced with the display of 

 silk, and instead of adding to the at- 

 tractiveness of a bouquet the effect is 

 to detract from it, and the feeling comes 

 over one that the ribbon has been added 

 to lx>!ster up a poorly made bouquet. 



In figure 4 is shown a style of shower 

 bouquet which may have many varia- 

 tions. Instead of having the flowers 

 showered in few but in heavy clusters, 

 as is shown in the illustration, more 

 ribbons may be used and smaller clus- 

 ters of the lily of the valley. 

 These shower liimcjuets have become 

 veiy po]nilar, and now that most peo- 

 ple liave become acquainted with them 

 the novelty has worn off and a reaction 

 is taking place for the more formal 



Bride's Bouque*. Fig 2. 



quet made of roses, the size would be 

 right, for the character of the rose 

 would necessitate a wider ribbon. How- 

 ever, there is a tendency to do away 

 with wide, heavy ribbons and to use 

 the narrower widths, say No. 30 and 

 No. 40, for hand Ixiuquets. The ribbon 

 used is generally the Liberty satin, 

 which has a satin finish on its two faces 

 and which is much softer and more deli- 

 cate than the old style cord edge rib- 

 bon. Tlie Liberty satin ribbon is more 



shaped bouquets. This brings to mind 

 the many discussions which have taken 

 place and the many books which have 

 been written as regards the relative mer- 

 its of picturesque and formal landscape 

 gardening. Both styles have their 

 stanch adherents and both styles have 

 their points of Ix^auty, the choice of 

 either being a matter of individual taste 

 after it has been decided that either 

 might be adaptable to the conditions at 

 liand. Just so is it in the case in the 



arranging of bouquets. What to one 

 seems a graceful way of arranging a 

 bouquet is to another a shapeless mass, 

 and the one who believes that the mak- 

 ing 'of a -bouquet in which one flower 

 is carefully placed to the next is a crea- 

 tion that is quite "chic"' may seem to 

 another stiff and unattractive. What- 

 ever your opinion is, adhere to it 

 strictly and your customer will have 

 confidence in your judgment. 



Don't be too fanciful in making the 

 bride's bouquet. Should you feel the 

 need of variety, let it be seen in the 

 bridesmaid's bouquet. 



George W. Wiexhoebek. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



This season there have been fewer 

 complaints about tlie ravages of thrips 

 in Beauty houses. This is possibly ex- 

 plained by the wet and inclement 

 weather of last summer, as this insect 

 is very partial to dryness and heat. 

 They are usually more numerous after 

 a hot. dry summer, and when there are 

 two hot summers in succession they 

 present themselves in the houses during 

 the winter in countless numbers. 



As a means of preventing their en- 

 trance into rose houses, gi'eat care 

 should l)o taken to allow no weeds to 

 grow and flower in the vicinity of the 

 houses. These should be cut down and 

 burned during a dry spell, and if the 

 ground herbage can also be burned so 

 much the better. All soil, mulching and 

 manure piles should be kept strictly 

 clear of weeds and turned over fre- 

 quently during the suiir iv. as it is 

 there they thrive, multiply Mini deposit 

 their eggs, which hatch out readily in 

 the genial temperature of the rose 

 house. 



To exterminate or keep these from 

 multiplying in the house, fumigating 

 should be frequent from the time of 

 idanting until the buds appear, as this 

 insect succumbs very easily to the fumes 

 of tobacco. It is only after the buds 

 a))pcar when they can find shelter by 

 liitling among the petals where the fumes 

 cannot reach them that the real trouble 

 begins. As the season advances when 

 the rays of the sun are more powerful 

 a frequent examination of tlie buds 

 should he made, and on their first ap- 

 pearance an immediate war should be 

 waged, as any delay means an immense 

 increase of their numbers. 



Fumigating lightly, frequently ami 

 persistently with tobacco will usually 

 l.e sufficient to hold them in check. As 

 a too frequent use of tobacco fumes 

 has a tendency to bleach the outer pet- 

 als, cayenne pepper can be used as a 

 substitute. To derive the most benefit 

 from this method of fumigating it is 

 applied somewhat in this wise: 



Procure some plates of iron and heat 

 them in the furnace., withdrawing tliem 

 just before they become red. Ivay these 

 in the paths at spaces of twenty feet 

 apart and clo.se the ventilators. After 

 everything is in readiness, start at tho 

 end of the house farthest fiom the door 

 and place on each plate a spoonful of 

 the pepper, work towards the door as 

 quickly as possible, as the fumes are 

 veiy disagreeable, and even dangerous. 

 Keep the house closed for twenty min- 

 utes. This should be i-epeated at least 

 twice a week for a month in order la 



