The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



September 10, 1908. 



artificial manures are not applied and 

 the blooms merely required for house 

 decoration, are seldom injured in this 

 manner. Some growers think that the 

 mishap is due to lack of air, and they 

 forthwith throw open the ventilators and 

 doors, causing a draught. Instead of 



doing that, I would advise the use of 

 the hot water pipes, ventilating freely 

 in the front of the house, and only a 

 little at the top. It is not the quantity 

 of air so much as the manner in which 

 it is applied that has to be studied. — B. 

 Molyneux, in Gardeners' Chronicle. 



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SCROLL AND RIBBON. 



This illustration of a funeral design 

 by C. H. Fox, Columbia avenue and 

 Twenty-first street, Philadelphia, is the 

 same as given two weeks ago, with the 

 addition of a bow of white satin ribbon, 

 lettered, and shows the position preferred 

 by Mr. Fox for this final touch. It fre- 

 quently happens that lettered ribbon is 

 required and the aim when using it 

 should be to avoid conventionality as 

 much as possible. The use of caladium 

 leaves is a novel feature. Phil. 



THE lOVA PANEL. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of a design made at Lo- 

 zier's, Des Moines, la., on the order of 

 the state of Iowa for the funeral of 

 Senator Wm. B. Allison. The original 

 was a panel seven feet long and four 

 feet wide. The panel in the center con- 

 tained 1,500 white carnations. The let- 

 tering "Iowa" was put in with red 

 carnations. The two opposite corners 

 carried cattleyas. The upper left-hand 

 corner was of auratum lilies and lilies 

 of the valley and the right-hand corner 

 had a large bow of 7-inch satin ribbon, 

 with lettering to indicate Allison's years 

 of service for the state of Iowa, which is 



visible in the illustration. The design 

 had a heavy border of pond lilies and 

 was well backed up with maidenhair 

 ferns throughout. Lozier's received a 

 letter from Governor Cummins and his 

 staflP, saying that the emblem was with- 

 out doubt the most elegant piece of work 

 ever purchased by the state, and sur- 

 passed anything else shown at the Alli- 

 son funeral. They made this same de- 

 sign for President McKinley's funeral. 



SOME WINDOWS. 



Miniature Fields of Daisies. 



Daisies are saucy and independent. 

 They are seen in great numbers under 

 fences, peeping through pickets and 

 around the corners. They have fine cut 

 foliage and almost make their own light. 

 The prettiest effect for them would be 

 to show a field. This is a picture which 

 can be used often, and it would pay to 

 have a hundred or two of short, narrow, 

 flat-bottomed receptacles, about two' 

 inches deep, that will hold one or two 

 stems. Place these about as close to- 

 gether as they will stand. Cover with 

 green moss over the top and sides. Fill 

 the vases with the fewest number possible 

 of the daisies. If the flowers lop down 



too much, pack the stems in an upright 

 position with a little sphagnum in each 

 vase. 



The coolest imagination can see a 

 daisy field and no long experience would 

 be required to turn around and make one 

 in a window with this simple equipment: 

 On a stump, set anywhere but in the 

 center of the window, invert any straw 

 garden hat and fill it with daisies, being 

 careful (?) to see that some fall out 

 over the brim and down over the stump 

 to the ground. Set a plant or two of 

 fine cut foliage or ferns against the 

 base of the stump, and you have your 

 daisy field with its touch of life. 



Q>mfIowers in White Baskets. 



Cornflowers work in well in a number 

 of those white enamel baskets which did 

 not sell. Have as many different sizes 

 and shapes of this one kind of basket 

 as are obtainable. Set some on the floor 

 of the window. Suspend some, and have 

 several elevated on birch bark pedestals. 

 It will sell the cornflowers and the bas- 

 kets, too. It might be well to use a few 

 double white centaureas in a mass of the 

 blue. 



When some of the wild flowers are to 

 be had, try cat-tails and gladioli to- 

 gether. While cat-tails are usually in 

 fine favor for decorative purposes, you 

 will find that a goodly proportion of 

 your customers do not want to try gla- 

 dioli, claiming that they are stiff and 

 difl&cult to arrange. Make a gladiolus 

 window and show them how to use glad- 

 ioli gracefully. 



A GraceftsI Gladiolus Window. 



The one thing to avoid in handling 

 these beautiful flowers is massing them. 

 Narrow necked crockery jugs or um- 

 brella stands are appropriate receptacles 

 for gladioli. Make a latticework panel 

 of the cat-tails across the back of the 

 window and have several jars set at 

 irregular intervals in the window. Two 

 or three cat-tails pulled through the 

 handle of the jars or scattered on the 

 floor will help to relieve any tendency to 

 stiffness which may creep into your ar- 

 rangements. One vase could be made up 



Panel Made for the State Administration for the Funeral of Senator Allison, of Iowa. 



