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September 17, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



The color of the flowers against the 

 rough bark of the frame made a beauti- 

 ful contrast. Within the enclosure were 

 some small, low-growing plants of har- 

 monious color. It was almost the sim- 

 plest thing that could be constructed, 

 but the charm of it will cling to mem- 

 ory for many a day. And that is what 

 you want of a window — to cling in the 

 memory of the passer-by and bring him 

 back to purchase. 



Use of Grasses. 



Wild grass will be found helpful for 

 filling in landscape windows, red top and 

 foxtail being common enough to be 

 easily located almost anywhere. The 

 large, cultivated kinds are beautiful with 

 braid and rush baskets. Use like rib- 

 bon for wrapping handles and tying flow- 

 ers. Carry out the idea farther, some- 

 time when flowers are scarce or you wish 

 a radical change in your window. Have 

 an exhibit which shall include many of 

 the grass family, the above as well as 

 our native cereals, pampas grass, ribbon 

 grass, etc. Arrange on a matting back- 

 ground, in shocks, patches or sheaves. 

 Trim or fill Indian baskets with a few 

 wild roses or other field flowers. An- 

 nounce the proceeding on a neat placard. 

 This plan is good for a combination seed 

 and flower store, with some grass seeds 

 added. 



Figures in "^iadows. 



Occasionally a figure introduced into 

 the window scheme is attractive, as one 

 bulb window observed last fall, which 

 brought excellent selling results. A pile 

 of new bulbs was placed conspicuously 

 near the front of the window, while be- 

 hind it was a figure to represent a little 

 Dutch boy in overalls and blouse, with a 

 spade. He stood in the act of digging 

 in the soil, getting ready to plant the 

 bulbs. The Dutch boy grew to be quite 

 a favorite in and about the store, and 

 made his appearance again, once pick- 

 ing cotton, and again climbing a fence 

 with his arms full of flowers to which 

 he had just helped himself in a very in- 

 formal manner. The practice of intro- 

 ducing any object as conspicuous as a 

 figure, however, should be indulged at 

 rare intervals and only appropriately. 



Either on account of a taste not en- 

 tirely unperverted, or to cater to a taste 

 which longs for enough flowers to fill 

 All the space in sight, it is often judged 

 good policy to add some feature to the 

 upper space of the window, even after 

 the decoration proper has been com- 

 pleted. In a landscape or water window 

 an overhanging branch with flowers or 

 fruit attached will serve the purpose, 

 something which has a distinct connec- 

 tion with the plan of the window. 



Sometimes a window made up of hang- 

 ing vases, baskets, etc., is a good ar- 

 rangement. Suspend raffia-covered vases, 

 Japanese hangers, or round-bottomed 

 baskets at various distances above the 

 floor, some nearly touching it, others as 

 high as the eye line, and the intervening 

 spaces dotted with the different sizes. 

 If convenient or practicable, cover the 

 floor with one large or a number of 

 small mirrors as a background. Do not 

 decorate the mirror space; reserve it 

 for reflection. Or suspend one immense 

 hanging vase against a handsome, soft 

 background of silk or other good fabric. 

 Let the hanging vase come quite low and 

 be the source of garlands and traceries 

 of green and flowers extending irregu- 

 larly in different directions from the 

 central point. Gertrude Blair. 



Spray of Carnations. 



GREENHOUSE LUMBER FREIGHTS. 



Manufacturers of greenhouse material 

 have recently been making an effort to se- 

 cure changes in the classification of their 

 shipments to effect a saving in freights 

 for their customers. In this connection, 

 the following letter from the A. Dietsch 

 (^o., Chicago, addressed to the Official 

 Classification Committee, New York, will 

 be of interest : 



' ' We have been referred to your coni- 

 niitee, and wish you would kindly in- 

 form us if you have jurisdiction in the 

 matter which we wish to submit to you 

 below, and let us know your ruling in 

 regard to the same. We are manufac- 

 turers of greenhouse material and as such 

 we are working up considerable lumber 

 in 114 -inch and 2-inch planks, shaping 

 the edges of said lumber so as to make 

 it fit for the purpose for which it is 

 intended, such as plates, gutter, ridge, 

 etc. We have been in correspondence 

 with the inspector of the Pennsylvania 

 railway, of this city, in regard to cer- 

 tain lumber which had been worked at 



both edges but otherwise was plain on 

 the upper and lower face, and he ruled 

 that the same had to be classified the 

 same as carpenters' molding, while he 

 stated at the same time that other lum- 

 ber also worked on both edges to make 

 it fit for flooring, siding, etc., etc., would 

 take lumber rate. We cannot see any 

 justice in this ruling. If strips of 1x4, 

 etc., worked at both edges, take the lum- 

 ber rate, why should li/ox4, 2x4, 2x6 and 

 wider, pay a higher charge? These said 

 pieces were bundled in the same way 

 as is customary with flooring, and since 

 there is no difference in any way, so far 

 as handling, weight or responsibility is 

 concerned, his ruling seems to be unjus- 

 tified. You will please note that the ship- 

 ment in question was not end-matched. 

 Wo would be thankful, however, also, to 

 receive your views in case these pieces 

 had been end-matched, as hardwood floor- 

 ing is being worked. ' ' 



GosHEX, Conn.— The Edward Hark- 

 ness estate is to build a large greenhouse. 



