January 26, 1922 



The Rorists^ Review 



37 



ibtasteful to the fly, and it is well to 

 (■member the old saying, ' ' Eternal vig- 

 ance is the price of safety." 



H. R. R. 



THSIPS ON OEBANIUMS. 



I am sending some plants of the pansy 

 uranium, Mrs. Layal, which have an 

 .ilment that is new to me. It seems 

 affect the heart of the young growth 

 rst. Any information that you will 

 ive will be greatly appreciated. 



0. B. U.— 0. 



being stung in the crowns by thrips 

 and white fly. Give them sprayings 

 of a nicotine solution, according to the 

 directions that come with the package. 



M. P. 



REMOVING SPOT DISEASE. 



I am enclosing some geranium leaves 



and should like to have you kindly tell 



me what is wrong with them and what 



can be done to rid fhem of the disease. 



C. W. W.— Neb. 



These plants have the appearance of 



The geranium leaves were as dry as 

 tinder when they arrived here. It was 



possible to see the outlines of some of 

 the spots, but one could not determine 

 their nature. If it is a spot disease, it 

 would be advisable for you to pick off 

 all of these spotted leaves and burn 

 them. If these are young plants in 

 pots, move them to another bench after 

 having sprinkled the sand upon which 

 you are going to set them with slaked 

 lime. Taking off these diseased leaves 

 will not injure the plants, provided you 

 will keep them on the dry side until 

 new growth is made. Spray them with 

 Bordeaux mixture after having cleaned 

 and moved them. A. F. J. B. . 



THE RETAIL STORE 



A PAGE OF HINTS AND HELPS 

 FOR THE RETAIL FLORIST 



EFFECTIVE COLOR COMBINES. 



Suggestions as to the effectiveness, or 

 contrary, of certain color combinations 

 were given in the article headed, 

 •'Hints to Window Decorators," in The 

 Review for January 12. For those who 

 wish to apply the principles there ex- 

 ]iounded, a list of effective color com- 

 binations recently published by a clo- 

 thiers' periodical will be valuable. 



In making window displays, it says, 

 the following are colors which make ex- 

 cellent combinations: 



Orange red with yellow. 

 Violet with yellow. 

 Violet with yellow-green. 

 Violet with green-yellow. 



The following make good combina- 

 tions: 



Scarlet with tiirqiiolsp. 

 Violet with orange-red. 

 Violet with orange. 

 Violet with blue-green. 

 Tuniuoise with orange. 

 Orange with blue-green. 

 Orange-yellow with purple. 

 Yellow with purple. 



The following make strong combina- 



tiims: 



Normal red with blue-green. 

 Normal-red with green. 

 Scarlet with green yellow. 

 Purple with normal-green. 



The following make 



tions: 



ORinge-red with purple. 

 Orange-red with yellow green. 

 Orange-red with green-yellow. 

 Orange yellow with turquoise. 

 Orange with green. 

 Scarlet with green. 

 Normal-red with green-yellow. 

 I'urple with blue-green. 



Tiie following make poor combina- 



■lons: 



Yellow with normal-red. 

 Yellow with scarlet. 

 Yellow with turquoise. 

 Normal-green witli scarlet. 

 Yellow-green with purple. 

 Normal-green with orange-red. 



The following make extremely poor 



"mhinations: 



Itlue with Wue-green. 

 Wue green with yellow, 

 nine green with green. 

 r.Uie-green with yellow-green. 

 Rlue green with turquoise. 

 Normal green with turquoise. 

 Turquoise with green-yellow, 

 'ireen with orange-yellow. 

 Orange with purple. 

 Violet with normal-red. 

 Violet with scarlet, 

 "ed (of any kind) with pink. 



The following are six rules which the 



ftnie authority says can successfully be 



arricd (")♦ in making trims: 



fair combina- 



1. Contrasts of two colors or graded 

 shades of one color are correct. 



2. Dark colors should be used below 

 light ones, never above. 



3. Never use more than three colors 

 in one scheme. 



4. Use light colors in dark places. 



5. Use soft shades where the perma- 

 nent colorings of the store itself are 

 pronounced. 



LOS ANGELES' NEW STORE. 



The illustration on this page shows 

 clearly the style of store occupied by 

 Herbert Bateman, Inc., of Los Angeles. 

 As will be noted, it is something quite 

 distinct and the following description 

 from a local paper almost does the store 

 justice: 



"What has been pronounced the most 

 beautiful flower shop in the United 

 States has recently been opened at 647 



South Grand avenue, Los Angeles, add- 

 ing one more jewel to Los Angeles' 

 crown of distinctive shops. Herbert 

 Bateman, who for the last twenty years 

 has been connected with the leading 

 flower shops in San Francisco and Los 

 Angeles, and his confrere, Hoyt B. 

 Fisher, of Los Angeles, have created a 

 modern American shop in the likeness 

 of a medieval Moorish patio — walls, 

 balcony, canopy\ flagstone floor and pooh 

 "The shop is the development of long, 

 careful study and no minute detail has 

 been overlooked. A broad-striped awn- 

 ing canopy is hung over the garden, 

 supported by large Spanish pillars and 

 ropes, and over the tops of the sur- 

 rounding walls rise real trees and th6 

 heads of tall shrubs, creating a restfiil 

 illusion of being actually in a seques- 

 tered garden, set among the grounds of 

 an old-world estate. The novel manner 

 of lighting the shop by using old Span- 



Los AageUs Has Contestant for Honor of Most Beautiful Flower Store. 



