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HORTICULTURE 



August 13, 1910 



Some New Things in Floral Requisites 



As promised in a previous 

 number of HORTICULTURE, 

 we waylaid our genial and 

 enterprising globe trotter, 

 Moses Rice, recently, and 

 persuaded him to give us a 

 few items as to what the old 

 and new world has to offer 

 the florist profession in the 

 way of artistic accessories for 

 the year 1911. 



Had any of you thought of 

 butterflies — butterflies as the 

 finishing touch to the bou- 

 quet? Well, here they are, 

 at low cost and in all colors 

 — red, white, spotted, varie- 

 gated, and in all sizes, from 

 the little moth to the big- 

 winged splendor, with a pin 

 underneath to hold them in 

 place. Applicable also to bas- 

 kets and in many other ways 

 that will occur to the artistic 

 designer. 



Miniature Panama hats are 

 another little novelty that 

 will appeal to many. Can be 

 used for favors and also for 

 cluster flowers in corsage bouquets. 



Shields for corsage bouquets are 



Butterflies and Birds. 



Twig Bowl. 



difficult to describe. They are an 

 artistic attempt to protect the dress 

 and yet blend harmoniously and in- 

 conspicuously with the flowers. Some 

 are made of paper, some of satin, but 

 In every case they seem admirably 

 adapted to serve their end. The colors 

 are violet, white and pink. Violet is 

 the best seller. 



Lace bouquet holders are a French 

 novelty. These are gathered at the 

 insertion so as to give a full and 

 graceful effect at the outside — wavy 

 and pleasing and of light fluffy out- 

 line. The same proposition is also 

 done in a line of chiffons, and the lat- 

 ter are certainly remarkably fine and 

 quite unique and distinct from the 

 lace patterns. The two ideas are a 

 renaissance ot the old-style bouquet 

 holder shorn of its stiffness and meet- 

 ing the more advanced artistic ideas 

 of the present day. The chiffon folds 

 droop so as to hide the mechanical 

 work. Vienna furnishes but one 

 novelty this year, but it is a good one, 

 a new pattern of glass-head pin with 



a baton-shaped head. Unique as to 

 color and form. 



In the rib- 

 bon depart- 

 ment special 

 attention is 

 being paid 

 to the pro- 

 d u c t i on of 

 r i b b ons to 

 match the 

 popular 

 roses. One of 

 the happiest 

 produced s o 

 far is the 

 K i 1 1 a rney 

 pattern. This 

 has a light 

 pink sheen 

 on one side 

 and a dark 

 pink dull fin- 

 ish on the 

 other, se- 

 cured by 

 shooting two 

 colors of silk in the weave. A most 

 charming effect when folded in natur- 

 al arranging, and an 

 exact match for the 

 difficult flower. Similar 

 effects are in evidence 

 for Richmond, Beauty, 

 Liberty and Maryland. 

 There are also the con- 

 trasting shades for the 

 same varieties care- 

 fully studied out. An 

 absolutely new item 

 this year: chenille cord 

 and tassel with a 

 twisted appearance 

 that makes same par- 

 ticularly attractive. 



Bridal scarfs in Ven- 

 etian lace and in many 

 filmy and artistic pat- 

 terns are among the 

 slickest things and an- 

 sure to have a great 

 run. Two yards long 

 and varying in width 

 from nine to twelve 



inches. Not real lace, of course, but a 

 wonder at the price. 



More and more every year the flor- 

 ist finds he has to get next to what 

 is going on In the world of fashion, 

 and a large part of that is made up 

 of dress (Sartor Resartus). So the 

 florist's supply man, when he goes to 

 London, Paris, Berlin or Vienna has 

 to study the currents of the milinery 

 maelstrom. One of the products of a 

 mission of this nature is what is called 

 a silver ribbon, a sort of gauze ot 

 heavy texture, two inches or less in 

 width, that looks as if made of thin 

 silver wire. It is good for clusters 

 and many other kinds of floral work. 

 Mr. Rice tells of one florist in a near- 

 by city who took one hundred and 

 fifty pieces of each of the three widths 

 the minute the sample was shown to 

 him. 



There is an improvement on the 

 elastic adjustable pot cover, the water- 

 proof crepe paper in two colors which 

 has been so popular of late. The new 

 pattern is more artistically frilled, 

 shows off the colors better and is said 

 to be no higher in price. 



Panama Hat. 



