SarraMBiB 80, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



23 



Yahiable for its earliness is Doro- 

 thea, an iris which conies into bloom 

 with the late-flowering Darwin tulip, 

 Qretehen. 



These flowers are usually in bloom for 

 Kothers' day and the silvery pink of 

 the tulips, mingling with the lavender 

 gray of the iris against a background 

 of blue green foliage, gives a color har- 

 mony that is indescribably lovely in the 

 garden, Sara Toedt. 



BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Last week the heat was extreme; in 

 fact, it was much hotter than during the 

 month of July. Previously the weather 

 had been cold and dreary, with one 

 slight frost, which apparently did no 

 particular damage. Outdoor stock is 

 slowing up somewhat, especially gladioli, 

 but asters continue to arrive in abun- 

 dance. 



The blessing of the graves, a Boman 

 Catholic custom, originally started in 

 this city, took place Sunday, September 

 26. This event calls for many thousands 

 of asters for the decorating of the griaves 

 at the Riverside and Holy Sepulcher 

 cemeteries. This usually means the 

 clean-up of asters, but, according to the 

 way the weather is continuing, they may 

 last for some time yet. 



Indoor stock shows signs of improve- 

 ment. Golden Glow and Smith's Ad- 

 vance chrysanthemums arrive in small 

 supply, but have firmer and larger 

 blooms than earlier stock. Carnations 

 are also longer in stem and larger in 

 bloom. There is a fair supply of roses, 

 most varieties arriving daily. Easter 

 and speciosum lilies are in fair demand 

 and the supply is good. Orchids are 

 rather scarce. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Lillian Wheeler, who has been 

 seriously ill at her home, recently un- 

 derwent a serious operation for an ab- 

 scess in her head. She is convalescing 

 favorably. 



Valentine Gatz, of Albion, N. Y., 

 motored to the city Saturday, September 

 25, and called on several members of the 

 trade. 



The local trade was fairly well repre- 

 sented at the Batavia fair, which was 

 held last week. A splendid exhibit was 

 made by L. C. Stroh & Sons, of Batavia, 

 consisting chiefly of plants and baskets 

 of cut flowers. H. J. H. 



BRAMPTON, ONT. 



The Market. 



Business has opened up briskly. Sep- 

 tember is already a long way in advance 

 of last year, according to reports that 

 reach us from all quarters. 



Despite the absence of frosts, the out- 

 door flowers seem to have been all used 

 up, leaving ample outlet for available 

 greenhouse stock. 



Orchids are coming in more freely, 

 and at present American Beauties are 

 being cut that far surpass any that 

 have been grown during the last twelve 

 years. 



Carnations from the field are arriving 

 in excellent shape, owing to the fine 

 summer weather with which their 

 growth has been favored, and roses are 

 far ahead of their usual standard at 

 this time of year. 



The labor problem is now giving no 

 trouble whatever, and the coal situation 

 has been considerably relieved by the 

 recent arrival of some quantities. In 

 fact, everything points to the coming 

 season being able to hold its own with 

 previous records. D. G. P. 



AT ABCHIAS WEDDING. 



Sedalia, Mo., has not often seen so 

 splendid a wedding as that of the eldest 

 daughter of L. H. Archias, head of the 

 Archias Floral Co. and president of the 

 Missouri State Florists' Association, 



lilies of the valley. Leon Archias, 

 brother of the bride, acted as best man. 

 After the wedding a reception was 

 held at the Archias home, on Fourth 

 street and Sneed avenue. The decora- 

 tions at the home corresponded with 

 those at the church and consisted of 

 maidenhair fern, which entwined the 

 stairways and fell in festoons from the 

 doorways and lights, together with 

 quantities of Ophelia roses held in 

 ivory baskets. In the center of the 

 bridal table in the dining room was a 

 silver basket filled with Bride roses and 

 tied with white tulle. Streamers of 



How a Florist Decorated the Church for His Daughter's Wedding. 



September 14. Of the event the Sedaliu 

 Democrat's society editor wrote: 



"No more resplendent wedding cere- 

 mony was ever witnessed in the Sacred 

 Heart church than that solemnized Tues- 

 day morning, September 14, with a nup- 

 tial mass at which Miss Elise Archias, 

 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Henry 

 Archias, became the bride of Arthur 

 William Klang, of this city. 



"The altars and spacious interior 

 were prettily decorated with woodwar- 

 dia ferns, palms and baskets of Ophelia 

 roses and southern smilax. Baskets 

 filled with American Beauty roses stood 

 at either side of the beautiful main al- 

 tar and baskets of roses and ferns dec- 

 orated the communion rail. The mas- 

 sive pillars were entwined with southern 

 smilax, while graceful festoons of plu- 

 mosus tied with white tulle bows deco- 

 rated the chandeliers. The main aisle of 

 the church was converted into a ver- 

 itable bower of roses by means of staff 

 baskets filled with Ophelia roses and 

 small white chrysanthemums. Maiden- 

 hair fern entwined the staffs and han- 

 dles of the baskets, which were further 

 beautified with filmy bows of pink 

 tulle." The accompanying illustration 

 shows the decorations in the church. 



The procession was led by Marian and 

 Ruth Archias, sisters of the bride, as 

 flower girls. Miss Edith Archias, an- 

 other sister, was bridesmaid and carried 

 an arm bouquet of Columbia roses tied 

 with silver and pink ribbon. The bride 

 carried a shower bouquet of orchids and 



tulle fell from the electrolier and ended 

 in filmy bows at the edges of the table. 

 After the reception the bride and 

 groom left on a wedding journey to Bt. 

 Louis and Chicago. 



OBITUABY. 



W. Hunt. 



W. Hunt, lecturer on floriculture at 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, Canada, died at Kitchener, 

 Out., of heart trouble on the G. T. B. 

 station platform September 25. He 

 went to Kitchener to visit his daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Daley, of the Y. W. C. A. He 

 boarded the 7 p. m. train for Guelph. 

 On the train he complained to the con- 

 ductor that he was too ill to travel and 

 was assisted to the platform. He died 

 lying on a baggage truck before medical 

 aid arrived. The body was taken to 

 Guelph next morning. 



Mr. Hunt was 68 years of age and 

 was bom in England. He went to the 

 O. A. C. as a gardener. He spoke all 

 through Ontario on horticultural sub- 

 jects and was recognized as a leading 

 Canadian authority. Later he was 

 taken on the lecturing staff of the O. 

 A. C. and attained great prominence in 

 floriculture and horticulture. He was 

 consulted on these subjects from all 

 parts of the Dominion and United 

 States, and became well known to flo- 

 rists in both countries. 



fOtber obitnarles appear on paife 2S.] 



