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The Florists* Review 



August 11, 1921 



.si;;ii, :irc stuck in llic moss to fill up flif 

 s|):ii'(^ lirtw.iii the two siirnys. 'J'liis is 

 liliislicl iilV with .-I iiii-r chilTon Ixiw, 

 with loii^ riii|->. Iiiiiililc s|ii'.'i\s may ho 

 'iiaili- lip I'm' ■'*^l'i ami ii|i a> lav as tlic 

 .iistimiir wants to an. \'oii can make 

 a ImIIci- -.howiiiL; lor tlic price in ttiis 

 \\a\' lliali \iiii can in any other Idrm of 

 li:mral woik. 



'I'liis s.iiiic principle may lie iisi',| in 

 'iiakiiiL; a -pray on an easeP I'irst 



lastell I lie l.ear.i to t lie eas,'|, t lien st ick 

 ihe llowel-. into the mce-s ami loiilil up 

 as elaKorale an a ria n uemint as is ile 

 sireil. A iloiilile -pray en an easel is 



Hut hielily successlnl. 



()l'ten a iiisienier wants senie pecii 

 liai-l\' shape, 1 .|e-.ie|i; jt may I'e a IimIj^c 

 eiiilileiii, oi- somelhine (ii that kiiiil. 

 Ilein;^ away Irioii a !ari;e wiia- ^oods 

 Ilia nn tact nrei-, it i- s,onelinies iiecrs 

 >ar\ lo Use ,i little iiieeiiiiity in ovihr 

 Id satisi'y the c il-t lOin ■!•. 1 ha\e had 

 '^ooii ~iicc( ss in u-ine a wire scieeii, 

 eilliev ' ■_• imli or -'i inch niesli, .-ind 

 lorniiii;^ it lip into the i|e~,ired shape. 



We ha\c' l're(paent c-alU I'or a ca-l;et 

 paiiil, '{'hi- paiie'l xarii's all the way 

 ! rom two to t hree feet lon^ ami is a ho lit 

 nine iiohes wiile. It a complete co\er 

 is .h-ire.|. We use two panels. W'.. tir>t 

 ma l-.e 1 Ih- pa ml of the mesh iiient ioiie.l 

 al'ove .-in.l ha\.' it lilled v.ather I'lill 

 with -pl]aL;iium. Then a la\ir ol' leiai 

 lea\e^ i^ |iut on In ce\ I'V the moss, nnd 

 small s|ir;iys oi' Spienueri '.r -niila\ are 

 jiinio'l on to the e.lj^e^ of the panel in 

 -Uch .a \\ a \ a- to droop e\ cr tln' sides of 

 llie casliel winn the pallid is in ]dac<'. 

 Ae\t. Ihiwers ;:]•,■ t'asti'llc'd so that tloy 

 will ixleiid o\ er the si(|i>>, usin^f dif- 

 l'er<'n1 len;^ths oi' stem, sd ;is to avoid a 

 str.aielii vow ol' llowers. The center of 

 the p.iiiel ilsidl'can lie ilecoi-at ed in an;.' 

 A\ a y oio- w isios, nsini.; some letti'iiiie if 

 desired. The advilllt a;ie of this o\-er a 

 l)laiik(d is that it does nut take iie.aidy 

 so lone' to make up, can lie done for le>s 

 cost, answers the s;inie ]iurpose and the 

 customer is e\ i>ry Mt as well satistied. 



Maintain Outline. 



In m.akilie' up set jiieces, or desieii>. 

 the |irinci|i,al thini; to laMiiemlier is to 

 Ll'et the outline and. aftei' lia\in;.; it. 

 keeji it. It is re.alh' s.-i,| to see huw many 

 ]ieople h.a\e tried to III ,a k e a I'lllieral 

 piece .and t'.ailed. siniply liecaiise the\' 

 lost the outline lit' the piece .and m.ade it 

 up hio-ely when a comp.act treatment 

 w.as necesv.irv . I li,a\e -^ei'ii sipiare and 

 comp.asse- made up in such ,a m.aniiei- 

 tli.at it w.as impo-silde to tell what it 

 was. liecaiise it w.as net piop'-rly out 

 line. I. d'his desi;^n is one of tin' liaril 

 e-t to m.ake. JUst lieciiuse lit the iiitri 

 cacy 111 its (intline. If ;| loos,. ,|'fe,t is 

 ile-ilid. put the ,li'-i;;n mi ;i li.as,.. whiidl 



Hi.ay ill, 11 111' treateil Ioom 1\-. The lirokeu 

 wheid is jmither de>iyn whose (oitliiie 

 is t'riipieiil ly lust. Its ontline can he 

 prever\ e,| liy iiiakiiiu tlo' rim and spnkes 

 of dil'l'ereiitcoloreil llowers. Anchors 



,aiid iiillows .arc other designs whiidi lire 

 difliciilt lo ni.ake properly. The em 

 lilcins (it' iii.aiiy societies cannot he made 

 of llowa'rs, unless fliey are made on a 

 l,arL;e scale. 



.\ol lon;^ .au:o I had oia-.asioli to make 

 up .an odd desien. Tour j^irls who wa're 



e 1 friends called tliemsid\cs the l'"our- 



le.a \ ed ( 'lo\ er. ( )ne of t hem died and 

 the othei' three w.anted ,a f(oirlea\ed 

 clo\er. with one leaf e(ine, made of 

 llowers. Of ciMirse, I had no frame 

 whiidi could lie Used; so I m.ade a panid 

 of the mesh wire, .aliont twenty inches 

 sipiaia', ,aml in the center I formed out 

 of white (dienille the four le.a\eil cioxcr 

 wit h one lea f lirokeii off. I tilled in 

 the li.ack eronml. oUlsi,||. of the (dienille, 

 with i\y lea\es .and inside the chenill,' 

 with white carnations. Then .arouiol 

 the ei|j;e of the p.amd I jiiit ill .a li^hl. 

 artistic franiewoids of ihiwers. This 

 piece was niost slice, 'sst'iil all, I .attr.acte.l 

 I L;ood deal of alteiition, .and I do not 

 recall ever li.a\ in;^ made up a piece 

 tli.at \\as as thorniiehly sat isfad or.v to 

 t lie ciist oilier as t his on,' w.as. 



I think- in uiakin;^' up fuiu'r.al work a 

 lliirist h.as to ii-e more lir.ains than in 

 .aii\ other I'.art ot' his work in oiahr tn 

 s,atisi\- his customers and make money. 

 1 11 m.akiiiL; desiens ,a different (lass of 

 ■ lowers is used than is used tor inakini; 

 spr.a\s or tli.aii is use, I in .assorted Imxes 

 of llowci-s. Small, short stemiiMal llow 

 lis, >plit ca rii.at ions, etc., ari the kind 

 tli.at are eeuiaailly used. If there is a 

 steady dem.and for funeral work, it ]ia.\'s 

 to e)-,,\v llowers for .just this (dass of 

 wiirk. .as, tor iiistfince, short carn.atioiis 

 .and .asters. The llowers .are olitaiiie,! 

 liy the Usual ciiltur.al means .and the 

 IukIs are not taken off, thus eettiiiu .a 

 maximum niimlier of llowers to a pl.aiit 

 and iiisiirine ;, mik,,! supply of ,|,si;^n 

 llowci's wlii(di can he use(| as a l'a(d-: 

 eroiind, ycftint: the \ariely ol' (dl'ect 

 liv usiiij.;' iad,ati\ely few other llowers .a > 

 ,a t rim. 



Wreatiis .are more used tli.an any other 

 one form of fum r.al pie(a' .and are apt 

 to lie jiioiiotoiious if theia> are sevi'r.al 

 ordered for the same I'uner.al. Tliev 

 can lie \.aried in st>le more, proli.aldy. 

 lli.an .any oilier desien. Tlie>' m.ay lie 

 m.ade sidid ol' m.aeiudi.a leaves. ;ial.ax 

 lea\es. prep.aicd or natur.al o.ak lea\es. 

 or i\y lea\(-. and may he maile solid 

 ot' carn.atioiis nr any other small tlowcr. 

 Wre.aths ni.afle thus are usually triinnie(| 

 with .a nice rildion how. or with .a 

 (duster of some other llower oil one si,le. 

 In iii.akiiie any desiL:ii it is necessary 



to \isu.ali/e the el1','ct ,|esired alul tllell 

 wand; to tli.at , ihl. (ioml desie |,|.|-^. |i|^,. 

 cooks, .are lioiii. ijdl maile. 



Baskets More Common. 



We are iisin^ .a l;oo,| m.an\' li.askets of 

 lloWiUs for I'lliier.als now iiisteol ,it' 

 spr.i\s or ,|esi:;ns. When many llowei's 

 .are ordered for the funer.al of .a promi- 

 nent person and I lia\e extra line flow- 



ers that I can use, I niiike ;irrano('meiit s 

 with the f.amily, or the undertaker if 

 the funeral is to lie held from the un 

 dert.akiiiji p.arlors, to use li.ask(ds. We 

 lo.an the li.askids and after the funeral 

 they .are retiiriieil to us. This permits a 

 l^re.aler \ariid\' and the baskets can he 

 made u]i ipii(d\l.v. As many times the 

 llowers .are sent to ;i hospital tifter the 

 funeral, the li.askets would he of no 

 use to either the l'amil\' or the hospital 

 and they .are ol' use to us. So we m.ake 

 .a sm.all rental charj;c for the htiskids 

 .ami still li.a\e the h.askid to use ajiaiu. 

 I think ih.at this is a l;<)oiI custom for 

 llorist- lo initi.ale. I li.a\e made as 

 iii.aiie as thirty lixc or fifty liask(ds of 

 llowers in iliffeiaait ]i.arls of the laioiii 

 .at one fum r.al. 



We li.a\e also Used this s.ame S(dieme 

 .at store openings .ami h.aiik opt'iiines, or 

 ,at lai-ee receptions. .\t the opeliiiie 

 of .a, l.ai-L;,' Imildiii^ receiitlx' I went di 

 vi'clly lo liie owner of the huildiiid and 

 told him thai I had .a ureal many ordei-s 

 for Ihe .aff.air .and iii.ade ,a rr.a neemeiil s 

 so t h.al I i-oiild put .all of in \- orders in 

 li.askets, with the underst .a iidiii l; that 

 the h.askets were .all lo lie ladumed to 

 me after the opi niiiy. I think we nseil 

 sonielliine like lifty baskets t'or this oc- 

 casion, .and 1 .am sure that the einid 

 w ill .am! pulilicity liiat 1 -ol out of this 

 .arr.a loMUheiii . toeether with the willing- 

 ness show II 1(1 ^i\e .a 11 .added seiw ice not 

 ih-m.anded. was wurlh iiiore to me than 

 the cost (if the haskets. Once in a 

 \\liil,'. it is till,', we lose .a liaski.'t li\' 

 li niliiii; them, lull this seldom happens. 



ROBERT PYLE AS HOST. 



W'(dl known .as jiresideul of the 

 ('oii.avil Cv Jones Co. and in horticultural 

 circles e,.n, r.ally. Kidiert I'yie, of West 

 (iroNc. i',1., showed himsidf to he also 

 .automol iv el\- in the !inieli;ilit on the 

 e\eniiie of .liih' 1' 1 . when he .and his 

 wife entell.ained the Chester Countv 

 Auliimoldli I'liili at its mia'tine- ,at their 

 residence. Kose Hill House. (.)n this 

 occ.asidii more than I. mill ]iersous wa^re 

 preseiii .and the a(a-oiii])aiiyiiiy; autoino- 

 hiles coxcred several acres of a ueaidiy 

 li( Id. 



1 'rincip.a 1 .anioiie the sjicakers was .1. 

 llor.ace .Mc I'.irlaml. presiilenl of the 

 .X.ation.al ('i\ic Sociidy, .and known 

 widtdy in the trade. .Mr. Mcl'.arland 

 i- one of the foremost exponents of ''a 

 ii.itioii lie.aut i fill. ■ ■ and his s|ieech on 

 this p.articiil.ar oiaaisioii, ''What alioiit 

 the ('oiinlrv H ijihway .' ■ ' aroused miodi 

 inleia'st. IJeldre Ile Ii.ad tinislied the 

 ;^uests understood that ther(> is an 

 lestlielic .as Well as a me(diaiiical side to 

 lai.ad-liuihi iuu. .\iiioni: the other speak 

 ers waaa. A. I'. Irwin. T. K. .McHowadl 

 and I>r. W. I'. I"inne\-. 



.\t the clo^e of the speeidics, the noa't- 

 in^' was .ad.ioiii ned only to lie called to 

 order at the line prosjiecl of (lidi;ihtful 

 lefreslimeiils'. 



Those Present at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas State Florists' Association at Topeka Last Week. 



