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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



.lr.\i: 125, 1908. 



Ill line s|icciiiiciis (it |i;iImis, I'cir wliii-li | cMriiis. aii<l otln'r |i<ittt'il jilaiits. \'i'iy 



till' l''iics j^K'ciilKiiisrs ail' iiiitc'(|. Tlii'si' I few lldwt'iiny iilaiits wvvc in 1 lie cxliiliit, 



l.iiiii('(l a plrasiny liackyrniind. SIimIiIimI | as tlir ili-|>la,v was ciilcicd in cuniiirti 

 in I'ldiit III' the palm hanks were rnli titiii t'oi' |Mittt'il plants. Tlir cxliiliit tddk 



Imt |ilanl--. \ aiici.;at 111 ln^iiiiias ami aian- : up tun laryi- si'rtions. 



THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



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jiirttv tail wiirk. As in all otlifi' work, 

 it takes iiuicli iwpcricncc t(i hccdnic really 

 pidtiricnl ill (inr art. 



HldO SCIIKOKTKK. 



HOUSE DECORATING. 



Flowers for the Table, 



I will niiw citd a tVw ilillfirnt idras 

 lliat Vdu i-an wurk t'ldin in talilr lin-d 

 ratiiij;. 



'I'luMc arc as many ways nt ilccnratiiid 

 a talilc lor a wcildiii;;. a rcrc|itidn. party, 

 dinner, etc, as tlieic are tallies in this 

 coinilry. .Not that every dcediatidii is 

 ditl'orcnt in the main idea, Imt the de 

 tails are carried ont a little di tVeieiit ly. 



When ymi decurate an i>iieii lireplace 

 von usually do so liccanse it is not in 

 iise ami you want to cover the unsijihtly 

 appearance of the opeiiiiiii. Imt when 

 YOU are called upon to decorate a taiile 

 tile idea is not to liide the table, Imt to 

 make it still more .attract i\c. ami this 

 you lio not do liy crowdiiiii it with a 

 larjje ccnterpiet-e or a iiumlier of siiiali 

 ones. 



Tlic artist must .-ilso consider tiie taste 

 ot' tlie pi>o]ile to whom lie is caterill". A 

 lii'autiluliy arranj^ed centerpiece of val- 

 ley Wduld" hardly appeal to the poorer, 

 jess educated (d'asses. A l.-irjre, showy 

 piece of soiiu' sort will make more of a 

 iiit with them. 



Tile color of tlie de<-orations in tlie 

 dininjj room sliould also come in for coii- 

 sidei'ation. Some tiim' ae<i 1 was called 

 upon to decorate a talile in a rather 

 small dininy room, wlnre the w.allpaper 

 was a decided yellow. I'siiio a low vase 

 with a laree, tlariiiy o|ieniny, 1 arraiiyt'd 

 in it a loose lioui|Uet of s|iiraa and yel 

 low iris. This |iroilnceil .a pretty elVect. 

 liut purple iris would haxe killed the 

 wlioie Imsiness. 



A llorist who wants to do decoiatiii;; 

 must carry an assortment of \ases. Not 

 necessarily a larye assortment at lirst. 

 or cut jiiass \:ises. Imt a variety to pick 

 from. Von will often he called upon to 

 furnish vour own \ases. Whether to 

 make a charge for thi-. is a iiuestioii. 

 Kuless the \ase should lie luiikell, I 

 would not chiiiiie .•iiiythiny for the use 

 of it. 



If \ou lia\e ;i loii^ taiile iii- rather .a 

 ^rood "si/ed latde to decorate, and you do 

 not wish to make ;i larye ceuterjiiece. a 

 pretty plan is to make a small center 

 piece or ii;i\i' a \a-e of tlowers in the 

 center and then ha\e smne ()uite small 

 \ases of flowers to corresiioinl, near the 

 corners of the talde. 



Sniilax or other yreeu run from the 

 chandelii'r to the corni'rs of u tabic is 

 usually more of a nuisance tluin a dcco- 

 r.-ition. I never can see any sense in 

 tviiifj tiie taiile to the diandelier, and 

 tiiat is just what you do in tlie ahovo 

 caso. 



Wiien the ^riiests are to lie seated, l)f' 

 bure to kocp your center decoration low 

 euuu^'li to lit.' soen across without stretch- 



ing (itie 's nock. When workinjj,' in a very 

 iiiyli room .and on a hiiee taiile. you ni.ay 

 use a till], slendor \ase and have tln^ 

 tlowers .-irranjif-d at the top so as to leave 

 the view of the <fiu'sts nin>l>st ructeil and 

 at the s;ime time fill out the room. 



liaskets always look well on a talde 

 w lien they .'ire imt too lai';:e. They may 

 lie eitiier of a low ty|ie m a pretty 

 handle basket. 



I'alms or small Scoltii terns, with the 

 pots nicely covered, will trim the tallies 

 for Ji larye liainjuet nicelv wlnre the 

 exiieiise is not to lie too j^reat. 



With the aliove tew hints .and a few 

 original ideas of his own, even the lie- 

 "inner shonld lie aide to turn nut some 



STANDING WREATH. 



The I'llks of .Michigan recently held a 

 convention at Kalamazoo, ilarry Fisher, 

 vvlio runs a tlovver store in th.at town, is 

 a menilxM' of the order ami sent his best 

 wislies with a ''Welcome'' wre.ath, sliuwn 

 in the accoin|ianyin<j illust i;it ion. it was 

 made entirely of white carn.'it ions, save 

 for the letteriiij^, "Welcome, Brother 

 Mlks,"' and was so liiohly .appreciated 

 that the convention adopted resolutions 

 of thanks .and while in town bought tiieir 

 tlowers lit' .Mr. Fisher. 



FOX'S UPTOWN SHOP. 



The .accoinpanyiiiir illustration is jire- 

 pared from a photoffraph of the up- 

 town shop, I'ox's. at Tvv(Mit\'-first .ind 

 (olumbia avenue. I'hil.adelphia. 'S'ou 

 v\.ant to know whether l''ox's uptown 

 slio|i liears any ndation to the Sign of 

 the b'ose ill tiie heart of Philad<dphia .' 

 N'es; they are both owneij ami o[>er;ited 

 by Charles Henry Fox. As the Sign 

 of the Rose expresses .\lr. Fox's artis- 

 tic ideas, so Fo.\ 's flower slioj) expresses 

 his commercial ideas. 



<'liarles Henry l''ox established his 

 llorists' business at Twentydirsl and (Jo- 

 lumbi.a .avenue m;iiiv vears before he 



Wreath Presented to Elk's Convention, 



