December 14, 1005. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Table Center-piece of Violets and Roses. 



appears, the air suction will draw the 

 flame in, showing necessity of patching. 

 The best material is asbestos, either wet 

 or dry, as it allows for some expansion 

 and contraction and is easily applied. 

 Fronts should be thoroughly examined, 

 also the smoke connection. No air should 

 have access to the boiler except through 

 the draft holes regulated by the operator. 

 Fred Windmiller. 



CHRISTMAS CENTERPIECES. 



It is diflScult to escape the scarlet, 

 white and green for the winter holiday 

 season, nor does one care to do so. These 

 colors seem to suggest Christmas most 

 happily, and in our canoe design we are 

 using poinsettias. Paper White narcissi, 

 and green. The arrangement is simple 

 enough for an every day table, and also 

 capable of elaboration. Fill the canoe 

 with sphagnum and stem the flowers 

 basket style or set in low dishes of 

 water, held in place by sphagnum packed 

 in snugly. If desired, the flowers can 

 be used longer stemmed, or the canoe 

 can be suspended from a chandelier over 

 the center of the table, to within six 



inches of the cloth, and the flowers al- 

 lowed to droop much more decidedly than 

 is shown in the picture. 



Paper Whites are especially pretty 

 with medium-size poinsettias, and by 

 the way, larger poinsettias than these 

 should not be used in a low decoration, 

 as they look too blunt when cut short. 

 Cut the narcissi different lengths, from 

 two or three inches to almost natural 

 length stem. Let them "top" the group, 

 as lighter colors usually should do. Cut 

 the edge of the canoe with a few over- 

 hanging clusters of both kinds of flow- 

 ers and an occasional spray of green. 

 Do not mix the flowers or the coloring 

 without plan. Mass each separately and 

 blend easily in their lines, one into the 

 other. After filling generously but not 

 with a view to working off stock, draw 

 a No. 12 scarlet ribbon through from 

 one end to the other and attach two or 

 three Christmas bells to either end as 

 shown in the smaller illustration. 



The larger study is a more delicate 

 one, but equally suitable for a daylight 

 dinner table. Arrange a broad band or 

 sash of violets laid loosely but closely 



across the table diagonally between two 

 corners. Enough to make the color effect 

 solid is necessary in this scheme, and the 

 broader the better. Select roses similar 

 to the color of La Detroit or Chatenay 

 and fill the loving cup as illustrated. 



The second feature of this decoration 

 is the garland of roses of the same va- 

 riety as those in the cup — drawn through 

 the handles of the loving cup, and spend- 

 ing itself at either end upon the violet 

 sash. The roses are most easily placed 

 one at a time and fastened in place with 

 the finest wire at hand. 



This design might be worked out with 

 numerous other color combinations, but 

 the more contrast between the color of 

 the sash and the flowers in the cup, the 

 more certainly will the arrangement be- 

 come a distinct and attractive scheme. 



Gertrude Blair. 



Clinton, Ia.— Chas. Gallentine has 

 nearly completed his new range of green- 

 houses. 



Syracuse, N. Y.— P. G. Campbell, 

 aside from his trade interests, is the local 

 base ball magnate. 



A Christmas Dinner-table Center-piece in Red and White. 



