

JONB 11, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



THE RETAIL 



PLORIST 



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THE WISCONSIN EAGLE, 



A few weeks ago the Eeview pub- 

 lished reproductions of photographs 

 showing the Eagles of Illinois and New 

 England. Now comes one from Wiscon- 

 sin. It is accompanied by the follow- 

 ing letter from P. N. Obertin, of Ke- 

 nosha : 



"Some time ago we noticed the Re- 

 view's reproductions of Eagle designs. 

 I send you herewith a photograph of our 

 Eagle, adopted as the official emblem of 

 our local aerie. This piece was made by 

 Mrs. P. N. Obertin and perhaps the 

 trade would like to compare this style 

 with the others." 



'^SHOW ME.** 



W. J. Palmer & Son, of Buffalo, who 

 are represented in the Review's depart- 

 ment for the cards of "Leading Retail 

 Florists," have built up a large busi- 

 ness in the execution of orders for flo- 

 rists who have work to deliver in Buf- 

 falo, and have adopted a somewhat 

 unique means of showing the customer at 

 a distance what he gets for his money. 

 They have an arrangement by which it 

 is possible to photograph their work at 

 moderate expense, and promptly. In 

 most cases when an order is received 

 from out of town, and in every case 

 where the value is more than nominal, it 

 is their intention to make a photograph 

 of the design to send to the out-of-town 

 customer. They find it makes a hit. 



HOUSE DECORATING. 



The Green for a Tedding. 



We will now suppose that we have a 

 decoration calling for a group of palms 

 in a front room, trimming the fixtures 

 and arches with smilax, two mantels to 

 take care of, several vases of flowers, 

 and a table to decorate. 



We will begin by ar^unging the palms, 

 while the helper, if we< have one, may 

 start to trim the fixtures. In the group 

 of palms we should avoid even lines as 

 much as possible. Start with a few tall, 

 not too bushy plants, set high up on 

 stands, gradually working down to the 

 floor. Every plant should have a suit- 

 able pot cover. 



When trimming a lighting fixture with 

 smilax, asparagus, or any green, do not 

 try to hide the whole fixture — just cover 

 it lightly with green. Commence with 

 the thin or pointed end of the green and 

 work down, doing the arms last. 



Next in order would be the arches, 

 which the assistant can start while you 

 are decorating a fireplace — an ordinary, 

 open fireplace, in which a few plants are 

 to be arranged, as it is not in use. First 

 put a nice, graceful palm into place, put- 

 ting it back a ways into the opening, so 

 you will get more of a to{» view of the 

 palm; then put the pandanus into place 

 and lastly the ferns. Now, this all sounds 

 quite easy, but often you will experience 

 some trouble in getting a nice, airy ef- 



fect, or to get the plants to stay in the 

 position you wish them to. By rearrang- 

 ing them several times the desired eifect 

 can usually be attained. Some news- 

 paper crumpled up will aid you in hold- 

 ing the plants in a tilting position. This 

 paper must be hidden with some fern 

 leaves, or, still better, some southern 

 smilax, if this is available. 



The second one is not an open fireplace 

 and we will just stand a nice palm in a 

 jardiniere a little to one side at the 

 front. On the mantel we are to bank 

 some ferns. Clear away all the bric-a- 

 brac, or have some member of the fam- 

 ily do so, which may save us some un- 

 looked-for expense. Lay a piece of news- 

 paper across the top of the shelf and 

 also against the wall; this takes but a 

 moment and will prevent injury to the 



fern at one side, so the whole will not 

 appear too formal. 



We left our assistant trimming the 

 arches. No set rule can be given for 

 this work. It depends somewhat on the 

 amount of smilax we can use. Drape it 

 in various ways on the different arches. 

 Do not overload them with green. Over 

 a small doorway a pretty scheme is to 

 arrange the smilax on one side only. 



This is what I would call the more 

 rough work on a decoration. As ours 

 is to be an evening wedding, we will not 

 bring the flowers until the afternoon. 



Before we leave the house see that we 

 have cleaned up the worst of the dirt 

 we have made. Also make sure of what 

 we want for the afternoon, as the cus- 

 tomer may have changed her mind since 

 the time the order was placed. 



In my next article we will take care 

 of the flowers and table. 



Hugo Schroeter. 



A FLORIST TAXIDERMIST. 



"Faulk & Bros., in Allegheny mar- 

 ket, had an order for a floral horse, nat- 

 ural size, which, on Decoration day, was 

 placed in front of the mausoleum which 

 held the remains of George E. Smith, 

 known as Pittsburg Phil. The design 

 was well executed and attracted so much 

 attention that the crowds tramped the 



The Eagle in Wisconsin. 



woodwork and wall-paper. Now, if you 

 have some of the wire supports made by 

 wiremen for tilting plants we will use 

 these; if not, we will have to fall back 

 on some more old paper to assist us. 

 Cover the whole top of the mantel with 

 some nice, bushy Bostons, tilting them 

 so as to have a nice effect from all points 

 in the room. You might p^ace a larger 



grass out for 200 feet around the mauso- 

 leum. ' ' 



The above is from the Pittsburg let- 

 ter in the Review of June 4, and what- 

 ever one may think of the taste of the 

 people who would order such a floral 

 design, it must be admitted that no 

 wiser selection of the florist to make 

 the piece could have been made, for 



