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The Florists* Review 



Max 25, 1922 



is a nice pale purple; of similar color is 

 Prince Imperial. Docteur Von Kegel 

 is pale purple, while S. gigantea is more 

 of a lavender shade. Mme. Kreuter is a 

 fine medium purple. Marceau carries a 

 remarkably strong truss and is of me- 

 dium purple color. Of fine quality in the 

 medium purples is Prince Camille de 

 Bohan; the name is reminiscent of one 

 of the most beautiful crimson scarlet 

 H. P. roses. Boussaingault, dark pur- 

 ple in color, is a really excellent va- 

 riety. Melide Lampert carries a beau- 

 tiful, round truss, medium purple in 

 color. Beaumur, of a nice even purple 

 shade, is fine. 



Blues and Lavenders. 



In the blues or lavenders are some 

 fine things. Christophe Colomb has a 

 large, round truss, densely packed with 

 lavender blue flowers. Spectabilis, with 

 small, slender trusses, is of a pretty pale 

 blue color. Gloire de la Rochelle car- 

 ries pale blue flowers in slender and 

 graceful trusses. Lila-Eosa, with pale 

 lavender trusses, makes a beautiful 

 show. Marlyensis pallida is a most 

 beautiful lilac, covered with large 

 trusses of a pale lavender color. Justi, 

 porcelain blue, is effective. Blenatre 

 is an older sort with small trusses, but 

 carried in great profusion and of a 

 lovely blue shade. 



The double varieties are now about 

 as numerous as the singles and 

 many people seem to prefer them, but 

 personally I think they arc too heavy; 

 however, their keeping qualities surpass 

 those of the singles. In the double 

 white section Mme. Lemoine would still 

 be choice, with Mme. Casimir Perier a 

 good second. Edith Cavell is a promis- 

 ing semi-double white. Dame Blanche is 

 another new and excellent white. 



Seas of Pale Purple. 



Jean Mace is a pretty double pale 

 blue, while Souvenir de L. Thibault is 

 a nice double lavender. Prince de Beau- 

 vcau is of medium purplish blue color. 

 The buds are of a rich purple red color. 

 Pierre Joigneaux carries narrow pointed 

 trusses, light purple in color. Charles 

 Sargent, a new variety, as yet does not 

 show up especially well; the flowers are 

 of a pretty porcelain blue shade. Small 

 trusses are borne on Docteur Maillot 

 and the color is pale blue. Renoncule is 

 a nice pale lavender, as also is Mme. 

 .Tules Finger. Condorcet is a nice light 

 ]iurple and Maxine Cornu a charming 

 pale pink, one of the best doubles. 



President Grevy and Lemoinei are 

 two fine pale blues. Jean Bart, with 

 siiKill-sized trusses, is a medium purple. 

 Michel Buchner is a rather dwarf 

 grower of a pale lilac color. President 

 Carnot and Viviand Morel are -both 

 pale lavenders. The last named is es- 

 pecially fine. Beautiful is Langois,>.also 

 lavender blue. Of a distinctive sfiade 

 is President Loubet; the red buds ojien 

 to a deep lilac shade. Somewhat similar 

 in color is Comte de Kerchove. Charles 

 Bnltet is a fine dark purple and Marc 

 Micheli is a lovely pale lavender. Of 

 similar color is Maurice de Vilmorin. 



Chromatic Creations. 



Mme. Leon Sitiion carries nice, erect 

 trusses of a purple crimson shade. 

 Marcchal de Bassompierre is a fine me- 

 dium purple, while Mile. Le Page is of 

 a pretty medium blue shade. Similar 

 in color is Paul Therion, and Le Prin- 

 temps is of a beautiful lavender color. 

 Docteur Maesters carries magnificent 



spikes of pale lavender flowers. Louis 

 Henry is medium purple in color. 



William Robinson has exceedingly 

 double flowers of a lovely lavender 

 color. The objection to this would be 

 that the trusses were too densely 

 packed with flowers, which were in 

 themselves too double. George Bellair 

 is a nice medium blue, not unlike Jules 

 Ferry. Des Fontaines is a pretty semi- 

 double purple. Guizot is a lovely pale 

 blue. Colbert, lavender, suffused with 

 red, carries a medium truss. Grand Due 

 Constantin is a lovely lavender. Presi- 

 dent Poincar6 has extra large trusses, 

 pale blue in color. Deuil d'Emile Galle 

 is a good semi-double pale blue and 

 Gaudichaud is a distinct shade of steely 

 blue. 



Additional to the foregoing numerous 

 varieties of Syringa vulgaris are rotho- 

 magensis, the Rouen lilac, and its white 

 form; the Persian lilac, S. persica, in 



Basket for Bridesmaid. 



purple and white colors; S. Josika-a, 

 the Hungarian lilac; the beautiful, 

 sweet scented and graceful S. pube- 

 scens, S. villosa and other desirable 

 species, all of which make beautiful 

 shrubs and help to prolong the lilac sea- 

 son, always one of the most delightful 

 and eagerly looked forward to periods 

 of the year. W. X. C. 



ACTIVE AT AUSTIN, TEX. 



At 722 Congress avenue, Austin, Tex., 

 is the store of the Austin Floral Co., just 

 recently incorporated. This used to be 

 Connelly's Austin Floral Co., but since 

 it ceased to be conducted under that 

 style many improvements have been 

 made. 



Besides this store, the firm has other 

 holdings. Flower Acres, one of them, 

 consists of five acres of land with 

 an excellent irrigation system, electric 



lights, a 6-room house for the grower 

 and a garage for two automobiles. This 

 place is devoted to the growing of 

 Shasta daisies, gladioli. Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, stocks, calendulas, dahlias, etc. 



Just recently the company closed a 

 5-year lease of the Seiders Greenhousr s 

 and these are now operated under the 

 name of Flower Home. There art) 

 three houses, each 21x120 feet, at 110(5 

 West Thirty-eighth street, Austin. 

 These are all fully equipped in the most 

 modern way as to light, heating and 

 irrigation. This place is devoted to 

 sweet peas and potted plants and will 

 be filled with mums and other stock for 

 the fall trade. 



The manager of the firm is E. Paxton 

 Daviss, Jr., who came from Waco, Tex., 

 to Austin March 10. He is a native of 

 Houston and has had wide experience 

 in the florists' business, at one time 

 owning a firm at Dallas. He now owns 

 a half interest in the Austin Floral Co. 



No sooner had Mr. Daviss gone to 

 Austin than he received an order for 

 forty-two baskets, similar to the one 

 shown in the illustration on this page. 

 This the firm calls a "Pax" basket. 

 It is made to carry on the arms of brides 

 maids or supported on the shoulder by 

 a strap of ribbon. In this case the 

 bouquet is made of Butterfly and Sweet 

 heart roses, valley and spray orchids, all 

 gracefully tied with appropriate ribbon, 

 in this case a pastel shade of metallic rib- 

 bon. These bouquets may be used with 

 or without the shower. 



Fifty baskets of a new style were 

 recently purchased, but, when they were 

 received, the firm found they would not 

 do at all for its work. So Mr. Daviss 

 took them to pieces, reduced the size 

 and changed the shape of the frame- 

 work, had the bottom boards reshaped 

 at a planing mill, put the pieces to- 

 gether in a new way, refinished the 

 baskets and used them for the at- 

 tendants at the Anglers' dance to carry. 

 The original intention was to have the 

 baskets carried by a ribbon over the 

 opposite shoulder, but the firm from 

 whom the ribbon was ordered failed to 

 send the proper club colors and the 

 baskets had to be carried on the young 

 ladies' arms. In this way the baskets 

 are used at Austin weddings. 



The firm is using this basket, without 

 the showers, for table decorations in 

 units of three baskets, the new shape 

 making practically a circle when so 

 used, and the effect being that of a 

 mound of flowers growing from the cen- 

 ter of the table. It is useful, also, for 

 the mantel or a table against the wall. 



TEXAS FLORISTS TO CONVENE. 



At Dallas in July. 



The date for the 1922 convention of 

 the Texas State Florists' Association 

 is rapidly approaching and the atten 

 tion of everyone who may be interested 

 in this convention is called to the fact 

 that preparations are being made for 

 a large number of trade exhibits and 

 the largest attendance in the history 

 of the organization. The dates for th( 

 convention are July 5 to 7, and all 

 florists in Texas and other states who 

 can be with us are urged to do so. 



A considerable number of the lead- 

 ing supply houses and equipment 

 manufacturers have already assured u.'^ 

 that they will be on hand with large 

 displays and others are expected to 

 make their reservations within the next 



