Mav 18, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1573 



Plants to Use. 



Tlicro arc plants for ovciv situation 

 nml often tlicse boxes arc siiadccl niosl of 

 the (lay by Hip stately elm on the avenue. 

 We liave filled some with ]?e.i,'oiiia Jiex. 

 otlieis witJi Jioston ferns. It' >uiu)y, then 

 everybody likes eolor and tlicie i.s notli- 

 in^ like the gay geianiuni. Unlike the 

 vases, a mixture for the boxes is prefer- 

 able to a mass unless it be a verv shadv 



situation anil the droo|iinL: t:ri'eni'rv i^ 

 the chief beauty. 



Such a. hii\ a> de--cril>;'ii. lillcd with ni- 

 diiiary |planl^. -hmiid be worth 7"> cent- 



)>cr runilin;;' fuot. cvclu-iM' of the Ikiv. 



which made of cs prc^..^ and |iainli'ii, 

 should 111' woith .'!.!) cents jii'r lineal fool, 

 Mm onraj;<' the \eraii(hi box. 'Ilicrr j- 

 iiothinjr. e\cc|it tlic beaut iful tree-, whirh 

 will better cndiclli.^h mir I'csidcMcc --ticct^. 

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EASTER NOVELTIES. 



The illustration on the next page 

 shows the interior of the show house at 

 '■'Jhe Sign of the Hose," one of riiila- 

 delphia'.s most unique tlower shops, 

 ('has. II. Fox is tlie proprietor and a man 

 of original ideas. One of the illustra- 

 tions sho\vs a bougninvillea in a recejt- 

 taele whieli ^Ir. Fox originated for 

 ]".;-.ster of 1004. These are plain wil- 

 low and silk librc and have since been 

 su]iplied to the trade by some of the 

 dealeis in this class of material but in 

 tlu! form of a more conveiuional basket. 

 It wa.s the idea of ]Mr. Fux to depart as 

 far as possible from conventionality, and 

 he seems certainly to have succeeded, 

 at the same time retaining the artistic 

 qualit ies. 



GROUPING OF PLANTS. 



The grouping of plants is an interest- 

 ing hut neglected study. It should be 

 gi\('n a.s nuieh earc aTid thought as the 

 displaying of cut flower.s. Instead of 

 that thought and care, when plant dis- 

 I)lays are to be arrangeil it seems to 

 l>e born into human nature to iunne- 

 diately and invariably measure out rows 

 and bring every pot in line with the 

 mark, with a generous addition of all 

 the cidors in and cmt of the rainbow, well 

 mixed. To begin with, such an arrange- 

 ment is often thought necessary on :ic- 

 coiuit of having no background worthy 

 of the name. Now, a background is just 

 as ini|)ortant as the plant display itself 

 and it may make or ruin a tine cll'eet. 



For the display illustrated there were 

 first placed as a background a number 

 of Porto Kicaii mats in ])lain. olive 

 green and one lighter green mixed witli 

 white in an indi-tinct jiattern. The lat- 

 ter kiml were tacked along the wall above 

 the two long shelves where the plants 

 were to he displayed. The darker mats 

 were spread out over the shelves, some 

 i^tiaight and some eorMerwi>e, till tic 

 surf.iee was covtred and also the .s]ia.e 

 beneath to the tloor. These mats made 

 .a clean, soft backgiound for the group 

 of l)lants to he arranged for displnv. 

 Of these ]dants there was quite a varietv, 

 as IS often necessary in a retail store.' 

 l.ongillorum lilies, rubber |)lants. 

 Asparagus phunosus. Boston ferns. Crim- 

 son Ilamblcrs, white geraniums, a ken- 

 tia, llerniosa. Kai.serin and Ideal roses 

 and light scarlet geraniums, a problem in 

 color, sure enough. The lir.-t act was 



to clear cut the -.i-arlcl i.'craninnis 

 in a >ide gidup by thciuselve-. The 

 second move was to group the lilies alter 

 the style shown in the illu-t rat ion. >how- 

 ing each ]ihi!it iiuli\ idiially and yet mak 

 ing each stand in a relalioii to the whole 

 group, which >ug;ie-t> mildly the loini 

 of a crescent. Within the center of the 

 group abo\(> there a]ipcai'^ a Itoston fern 

 in a matting cover and to the right an 

 Asparagus jdumosus tipped forward, 'in 

 the right outside of the line of lilie-; are 

 two rubber plants and another IJoslon 

 fern. 



In-iilr nt the ijrilc li.lcki'd by lilies 

 .■Mid Jiordeii-d in front hy I hi' white gera- 

 iiiiiin-. lire the ( liin-nii |;,i iiihler-. Thi.■^ 



iiiaiked roiii 111- 1 iiiL: it' il uhir inlcnsi- 



lii'-hoth the I riiii-i III iiiHi t lie w liite. w Inch 

 inhantaiie. of iiiiir-e. ihr- imL appear in 

 the pi-tiire. The lleiiiM'-.i, bhal and 

 l\ai~eiin ii.~e- ;ill 1,1 in- h.ii iieiiiiuiis col- 

 iir~. are plaeed lo-el!hi within the left 

 side of till' ere^eelll. The intervening 



-|aee tew.inl the eeiji'i' 1- 1 1 II 1 1 1'l ir t a bly 

 Mh'd with the whili '.^era iiiiini.-- and a 

 few iimre ,i{ 1 he pliiii'i i,ii, phiiit -. 



There Wire iiiil\ a Irw |ei| eoMTS used, 

 and tlio-e lew iiielinhd hut one of each 

 kind. A hinwii ha-kii i;o\er iiiii\- lie seen 

 aiiiiiiid II lily jar. uiie lavender -triped 

 I'l'ito llieaii mat tinl with a jiiirple 

 ;iiid eover-, the lln-tdii tern iieiir the cen- 

 ter, and an iie iiii-|iii iiiiii~ ureeii jai'din- 

 ii re guihle-s I'f liny ileeiiriition c.xcept 

 .i;n1i! haiidle-, i^ barely vi:,ible on the 

 light. <;i-;i!Ti!Ui)i-: llLAii:. 



MEMORIAL DAY. 



Iii'i-i.iMi iuu ijii.v, till' iiiinivi'isiiry (ui wlik'li the 



yriives ,,| 111.' .siililiers ef ili,. I'liitiMi Suites are 



ili'i ..r.-ii..,! Willi ili.ui'is, Il is olisi'i'vcil i.ii the 



:;m1i III' Mm.v, 1111(1 is iiiurli clierislii'd by the 

 .\lni'lii-,ili pi'., pie, — Klli-.vil.jiieiliii. 



While "Decoration" will doul)tles3 

 always lie the popular name t'or the day 

 now ajiaiii appmaeliing. ' • .Memoi'ial " is 

 a better term and, tuiless usage makes 

 for correctness, the piiqicr one. For a 

 munber of years ago the (Irand Army of 

 the lu'epuhlie. whose \ I ry nwn the diiy 

 then \vas, at one of its national encamp- 

 ments, expressed its belief that the word, 



The Grouping of Plants. 



