Dkcembeu 14, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



231 



Illustrating One of the Best and Most Frequent Uses of Wild Smilax. 



WORKING WITH WILD SMILAX. 



Whoro 1o ffot ideas for new <lf- 

 signs foi- \vall. woodwork and stairway 

 «i<'<'()ra1ions is an easier question to 

 solve than wbich ones of tlie many which 

 present tlieniselves in a country ramble 

 to choose and adopt. Outdoor vines, 

 wlien left to themselves, assume many in- 

 terestinjr and sugijestive positions. One 

 seen iu early autumn, a hop vine climb- 

 ing across a window, was cut and used 

 as a drape across the corner of a wide 

 docruay. The lighter portion below was 

 i-aught up on its right witli a bunch of 

 scarlet cannas. 



The same design miglit easily be 

 Worked out by tying a duster of 

 lour or five strings of smilax together 

 at the heavy ends, after the fashion of 

 tiic upi)er part of the hop vine, and train- 

 ing )li(> Jiolit fuds lik(! the lowrr part. 

 Hcarlet carnati'ins might be substituted 

 for tiie cannas. Another slender spray 

 ■>i' the vine ran toward the left, and the 

 idea might be ailapted in this particular 

 'oo, file added [lortiou of the drape e.\- 

 leiidiug to tlie farthest corner of the 

 doorway. 



The illustration sliows a .seiies of four 

 r>ui of the five in a church chancel dec- 

 orated in wiM smilax. The second from 

 the left, where The cross is seen, is the 

 »ni-Idle arch. A bai'kgnuind of white 

 '•lieeseclotli covers the dark j.laster work 

 f^f the wall, and serves as a good ma- 

 terial to bring out the .lefaiLs of the 

 green sprays. 



Observe first that each arch is a unit 

 of Itself, and that while thev are much 



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alike in pattern, there is ;i difference in 

 the weight of tlie material used, grading 

 from the heavier arch at the right to the 

 next and finally to the most delicate in 

 the center an-h. 



Largo pins were used for fastening the 

 smilax on the cheesecloth. 'i'wo pins 

 placed, one at each end of the smilax 

 spr.-iy are sutlicient to hold it in place. 



Observe second, that there is a finish 

 to the design on the right arch, to take 

 away any appearance of bluntness, as the 

 eye passes to the right. 



Observe third, that the spaco in tin- 

 arches is not all covered. A fraction of 

 the background appears like an irregul.'ir 

 o|.ening to u stretch of foliage in the 

 "^\*^"i'l^- (iKi;Ti;i 1)1-: I'.i.aii;. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Tjii-: lettuce forcers in the vicinitv of 

 Chicago have had a very bad earlv'sea- 

 >i_oii, but anticipate n merry ('hrisluias, 

 for good Or.and b'apids lettuce is now 

 l>riTiui„^r ;) to 4 cenis a plant. 



Tjii-; forcing of tomatoes for the (hi 

 '•ago market is an industry which is vet 

 111 its infancy. A immber "of growers ;irp 

 having fair success with tin- erop but 

 are complaining of the present market, 

 riic season has been exceptionally favor- 

 able in lower California and the refriger- 

 nted product is coming to market in \'ery 

 hne shape, recent prices being .f].40 peV 



four liasket crate. This does not l(^a\r 

 nuich chai for the greenhouse pi'odiict. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



• HIc \<;u, December 1 ;;. < iiciinilici-. 

 ^^I.L'.'i to $l..")ll; i,.;it lel(u<-c, i:iic \,, .pi, 

 case; head leituc- $;; to .*.". Itl»|.; niusli 

 rooms, iTu; to (idc lb. 



HdS'l'nx. !)(cember I L'. ( n.iinihrrs. *: 

 to .$(■» box; tomatoo. I'li,- to lTm- Hj. ; 

 mushr.ioms. ."'.Or to (;iic |1,. ; radislns. >i 



lio\; lettuce. •_'.-„• t,, :;.-„ ,1,,/. |,;irv|r\- 



.•^1 Ih.X. 



Xi;w Voi;k. h-'.-rnilier 1 1'. ( ■.h-immIic, . 



leiv|,,||. \o. |_ 7.-,,. ,,, ((,1,. ,|,,^ . \,, ._■ 



•*l.'o to ,*:;..-,() hox; head lettuce. l'(i,. , ,', 

 l"»c do/.: radishes. +l' to *;; jimi Immm-Iicx; 

 musliro,.m<. i'.-,,- (,, ,;.-„. ii,_. tonntoew 

 Hic to |.-„ lb. 



ENGLISH CUCUMBERS. 



'I'I'c i;nglish varirti.v ..i' ,ii,-iinilM , . ;,,,- 

 noi ooii.T.-iily grown on tlii< sido oi' i(,, 

 -Atl.intic; rnit, in my opi>iion, so niiidi .i- 

 iheir merits desr-rve," but I .•ini -j^l-.i.l t,, 

 from numercMis iiu|uiri..> tlu,| ili,.|o 

 some defu.ind for thcui. The lack of d- 

 maud seems to be when' the trouble lies. 

 The public seems to pr.'fer tli.' slmrtn 

 varieties of th,. White Spill,- |\|„., ,,,,- 

 sibly bc.-iuse they see \cry little, 1 1' .■,ii\. 

 of llie others and when they do s,,. tli,.|i, 

 are uncertain regarding their i|u;ilit\. 



From a grower's point of vi.'w I do 

 not think there is a gre.at deal of .lilf.r 

 ence. for I ,Io not b.die\e there is an\ 

 more money to be made out of the on. 

 thtin out of the other; eonse(ni,.titIv the 





