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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



I'KltKrAUV M, lOUO. 



yicw t'(ir iiiaiiv \(:irs :iiiil li;i\(' (|i(i|>j)i'(l 

 siiii|ily tlirdii;^)! iicjilcct >)i iiitli tlV'rciit'c. 

 We plaiitrd it ill the tall nil tlic ('ily;(' 

 ol' carnation IkmIs. It tlDWcrcd tliroiiyli- 

 oiit llir uintcr and with j^icat |>r(ifusi()ii 

 in April and Ma_\. its siircitic iiainc is 

 iinknowii to us. We will liaxc to ascer- 

 tain anil tlitii x\iit(' moll' ai>oiit, for it is 

 \aJiialilo. \V. S. 



TO EXTERMINATE WHITE FLY. 



<'aii yon yisc: us tin' forinnia for usin<» 

 ttir t'uniigat ion to cxti'i'Miiiiati- tiio wliitc 



iiv; w. T. n. 



It si'cins to 111' pretty well deterniined 

 lliat the onlv antidote or dcstruver for 



tliis little pest is liydroi'vanie aeid yas. 

 Tlie liest t'oniiida we lia\e t'oiind for tliis, 

 and whii'h is a inodifieat ion of several 

 we lia\i' iieard of, is: One pint water, 

 one ]iiiit sulpliurie aeid. two ;inil oiii'- 

 liait' (Millies of eyanide of })otassintn. 

 Tliis is t'oi' 1,111)0 enliie feet of atinos- 

 plii re ill your jiieeiiliouse. and keep yonr 

 \eiitilatois closed all nijrlit. 



The pint of sulphuric acid should not 

 lie eijual in Imlk to a |>Jnt ()f water, but 

 only e(|iial in weight to a pint of water, 

 liecause the aciil is much heavier than 

 water. Tliis is easily done by two cups 

 or cans of e(|ual Aveifiht and a pair of 

 scales. The al)o\e will destroy the fiy 

 and hurt nothing that does not breathe. 



\V. S. 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



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BASKET ARRANGEMENT. 



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The everlasting fitness of certain tlow - 

 ers to certain styles and siy,(>s of haskt'ts 

 is not always considered sutlicieiitly in 

 t!ie selection of the ''make-up'' of a 

 basket. rpoii deciding as to tiie kind 

 and ciiloi of tlower or Mowers to be used, 

 the next (|uestioii is to select the basket 

 best ad.-ipted to display the stock. Time 

 was when short and long steiiimed flowers 

 all looked the same to tiie designer; but 

 it is luqipily no longer the case. If jios- 

 sibie use the tlower*'; as they are; if 

 long, find a iiasket suitalile t'or them, 

 rather tli.'in ileiiuile them ot' foliage and 

 ><tem. To ,'i\iiid loading tlie liandle. se 

 lect a basket which has plenty of room, 

 .•ind stait a geiiemus duster at the base 

 of one side ot! the liandle. I.et it taper 

 one-half or twnthirds of the w:iy around 



the h.indli', f.illiiig Inward tl tlier 



liase. In ;i simple cluster like this all the 

 lliiwers shouhl take the same direction, or 

 in other woiiis. be liejiilcd tlu' s:ime way. 

 (_)r ha\e \\\i> cinsiers. one st;ii'ting .'it 

 either side ol' ilie hamlli'. and icachiiiL; 

 tow.'irl eacli iithi'i. but nut loMi'liiiig, at 

 their tijis. 



It' two styli'S ot' lliiWiTs are to be used, 

 fill tile liiiilv nt' till' li;iski'l willi Iho low 

 giiiwiii;^ lliiwer, and use till' loiiiier ,'ill on 

 the handle, potted nl' I'llI fi'lllS ,'lloMi' 



lilliiig ihi' basket itself and a ;;racet'iil 

 >|(r.'l\ 111' lloweis ii\e| I he handle i-< a 

 t; i basket i|i"<i;:ii. 



Basket Selected First. 



>Mli|i'|ii||e-.. the b.'l-^kel |v ~,.|,.clcd lll^l. 

 .'Illd iilie IS ront'lMllled willl llir i |l le^l i i > 1 1, 

 wh.-lt lloWiTv VMiiild lie best In lill I lie 



ha-kel .' The iMJio , -hape ;i imI make up 



,i|' llie li.'l-^kel IIIII-.I lie ■~i/e(| lip al a 

 i;i:inie; .'iIm. 1 he ,'i\;nlable ^im-k .■iinl ai- 



ei-- ol ie--. SlM'p"--e it i-- a liiw l.a^kel W'lh 



Mill ;i ba<e iir handles. A inei ie;i n Ueaiilii"- 

 ill silrh a leeipt aide Wdidd illdllee a mo^l 

 Ulieas\ t'ecjlIlM ill ;| spi'cl.'l l(ir, simply lie 

 cail-e ih.ll Wei^hl dl' ^teUI alid l'li|iaL;e 

 Wnlild (i\e|l,,|, llir lia-e while llle same 

 )i.'i-krl lilj.'d with l.'iim.'!ii h\ aiiiil h-. >iii 



lels 111 p.'Mi^lev iniMlit lie a deli^iit In Innk 



upon. I ii III 'i al I eiiipi III 1 lim ,'i handle 



baskel will; -IH-li llnWel'^ av \|i,|r|s. p;ill- 



sle--. ^.-illev III -iii-li small siiii-k in any 



ot li'l ~t \ li ! ha h a kliiil or -hill i i lll-le| s. 



Do not attempt a trtiiling spray as with 

 roses. 



Beware of many kinds of flowers and 

 foliage. Hy ''many'' is meant more 

 than two kinds. To be j)erfeetly safe, if 

 not sure of even the two i-olor combina- 

 tion, use one color alone. It is absolutely 

 necessaiy to haxc a knowledge of color, 

 and the best w;iy to obtain the same is 

 to take :i short courst; in painting ;uid 

 color blending; no annnint of instruction 

 in type can give om^ a definite concep- 

 tion of coloring. 



Care in Color Mixtures. 



lie careful, not only of color mixtures 

 in the tloweis. but in the gr<>en also, 

 b'oses I'eijiiire Very little e.xtra foliage; 

 if a light toucli is needed use that green 

 which harmoni/es best with the foliage 

 ot' the rose; for instance, for American 

 I'.eaiities, select the dark green of As- 

 jiaiagns pliiniosns or a well dexeloped 

 dark adiantuni like i rowejinuai. .\\oid 

 Asparagus Spi'engei'i and Adiantum Kar- 

 le\eiise as being too yellow. I'se the 

 latter t'reely with l\oiy. (ioldeii (late, 

 Itridesmaid or Ixillarney. With \iolets, 

 use llle dark olixc or myrtle gr<'eiis. Do 

 not use s'nilax am! asparagus toilet her 

 if it can be avoided. Simplify the cidor 



jilaii by employing not nM)re than one ad 

 ditional green with the foliage belonging 

 to the tlowt'i'. 



As to size of basket with regard i 

 the (pi;intity of flowers, have a smalh i 

 basket full and j'unning over rather tlni' 

 a large one .sciintily filled. One of Ui 

 charms of a well arrang(>il basket is tli. 

 impression of a stipei'abundance m 

 flowers. 



Supjxise two \erv different kin«^ls oi 

 flowers are to be used, tiiking an ex 

 treme ease for exami)le: American Bean 

 ties and jtansies might illustrate tin 

 ])oint. Select ii slmllow, low basket. Fib 

 in the body of the basket with the ]iaii 

 sies stemmed long with their own foliage 

 Tie a moderate size (duster of tin- 

 roses in the liandle, allowing one or two 

 to f.iU downwind and rest on the pansv 

 jiatch l)eneath. It Avould be easy to make 

 such a (duster too heavy in such a ease 

 From this illustration gather that tin 

 ))roper relationship of flowers and foliage 

 of different habits of growth should be 

 given a position in accord with the sann 

 inclinations. 



Treatment of Handles. 



In the treatment of handles, theie 

 is a gre.'it diversity of styles. A large 

 simple (duster, two opjnisite clusters, a 

 garland running its whole length, ,i 

 bow of ribbons into which are tied two 

 or three choice flowers, a green spray 

 oidy, a (dose wrapping of silk or ribbon, 

 a drapery of chiffon and slender green 

 sprays, are only a l)eginning of the 

 numy attractive ways of garnishing bas- 

 ket handles. Possibly the one thing ii> 

 avoid most of all, is the heavy appear 

 aiice cause^l by the use of too much ma 

 terial. 



To recapitulate the wlnde subject, dn 

 not atfe!ni)t Chinese puzzle effects in 

 color. Never ])lant a celery bed in 

 your liasket, but lie content if you can 

 tr;ie(> a I'esemblance li(>tween your finished 

 ]iroduct and a good full hill of jiotatoes 

 with some straggling weeds not I'orgotteiK 



(iKi;Ti;ii)K lil,\iij. 



A LANSING STORE. 



.\ new flower store was i-ecenll\ 

 opened at )!.■>;> .Xortli Washington a\enue 

 under the name of the l.ansing l^'loral 

 ( 'o. While not finislied in maible and 

 mahogany, it is iie\ crt lieless tastily fitted 

 u|i and bears evidence of good iudgnient 

 and np to date methods. 



The show window is fitted up after 

 the stvh (if ('leM'land stores, althoiieh 



Window of the Lansing Floral Co., Lansing, Mich. 



