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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 1, 1©08. 



Leslie Morrison are all superb in their 

 present condition, and I look to see W^Us 

 carry off fresh laurels with these kinds. 

 Charles H. Totty. 



A GOOD PLACE FOR PHLOX. 



A garden wall, behind which soil is 

 banked up to within a few inches of the 

 coping, -is covered with Crimson Rambler 

 and several varieties of pink rambler 

 roses. These roses, while they were in 

 bloom, made a glorious picture. But 



from the time the blooms faded, the wall 

 and its immediate vicinity would have 

 looked dull enough, were it not that some- 

 one had .the forethought to plant behind 

 the wall, and close up to the roses, hardy 

 phlox in colors of red and pink, which 

 have bloomed continuously and profusely 

 from the advent of the roses until the 

 present time. 



The effect produced, with what at a 

 distance seems like trusses of flowers 

 borne on the young growth of the roses, 

 is pleasing and effective. M. 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



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JUST WHY. 



With a firm tread and a masterful air, 

 the lady strode into the florist's shop. 

 Her choice fell on a remarkably green 

 palm in an ornamental pot. 



"Will it grow well in the sunshine?" 

 she inquired of the shop assistant, with 

 a sharp glance from her eagle eye. 



"Yes, madam," was the courteous 

 response. 



"Don't say it will, if it won't!" 

 snapped she amiably. "If it does well 

 in the sun, will the shade hurt itt" 

 ( ' ' Oh, no, madam ! ' ' 

 j*' Whatl "she exclaimed with a trium- 

 phant, now-I 've-caught-you air. "You 

 tell me it will thrive equally well in sun 

 or shade f Young man, you don't know 

 your; business! Fetch your master! 

 Fetch your master U' 



The owner of th(i establishment was 

 instantly summone^i Even he quailed 

 before her; but, for all that, he backed 

 up bis employee's statements. 



"Then it's a really remarkable and 

 accommodating plant ! ' * she commented, 

 waxing sarcastic. "My good man, it's 

 both ridiculous and unnatural ! ' ' 



"That's just it," interrupted the flo- 

 ral expert. "It's ^n artificial plant." 

 —Stray Stories. '; 



THE CAPTAIN'S ARCH. 



At Lowell, Mass., the captain of po- 

 lice died not long ago and his popularity 

 in the department made a call for a 

 funeral design which gave to Whittet & 

 Co. their opportunity to do something 

 out of the ordinary. The result is shown 

 in the accompanying illustration. The 

 design was an arch four feet high on a 

 base five fee\ long. Beneath the arch 

 rested a closed book twenty-four inches 

 square. At the top of the arch, on a 

 bed of white asters and surrounded by 

 light-colored gladioli, were the words 

 "Our Captain." The top of the book 

 was made solid with white asters, while 

 the edges were outlined in bright pink 

 asters. On the book was the inscription, 

 "1880— rPolice Department— 1908. " All 

 the lettering was with the purple Koral 

 script. 



The arch was made of white and lav- 

 ender asters, with Japanese lilies, Maid 

 and Bride roses and candytuft. The base 

 was of white asters and light colored 

 gladioli with Bride roses. Adiantum 

 was used throughout the design. At the 



top of the arch rested a white dove with 

 upraised wings. There also was a dove 

 on each side of the arch near the base, 

 and running from the upper one to those 

 on the sides were numerous strands and 

 bows of narrow white and lavender baby 

 ribbon. 



Whittet- & Co. received many compli- 

 ments on the way they executed this 

 order. The piece stood in the office of 

 the police department during the day 

 and at the funeral was the most con- 

 spicuous of a large floral display. 



SPRAY OF ORCHIDS. 



Purple, and white are the conventional 

 colors fdr gifts for the departed. The 

 spray oi orchids illustrated shows a com- 

 bination of these two colors, in cattleyas, 

 with the pure white of the gardenias 



below the broad bow of white satin rib- 

 bon. C. H. Fox, Columbia avenue and 

 Twenty-first street, Philadelphia, whose 

 work this is, favors this spray because 

 of its richness and effectiveness. 



Phil. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WINDOWS. 



Contrasting Material for Backgrounds. 



Many times a goodly quantity of 

 flowers or plants is undeveloped as an 

 attractive display on account of lack of 

 good contrasting material for back- 

 ground; for instance, a group of fancy 

 varieties of ferns is set in a window on 

 a background of green sheet moss. There 

 is certainly nothing inharmonious about 

 the green of the moss and the green of 

 the ferns; in fact, ^it is a soft color set- 

 ting, but it does not develop the fine 

 coloring in the ferns as a contrasting 

 color might. They should be thrown out 

 in strong relief to be well exhibited. But 

 since potted plants are considered rather 

 destructive of fine background material, 

 what kind of a ground would be prac- 

 tical and still serve the purpose artisti- 

 cally? Well, perhaps insufficient care 

 has been used in protecting the pots 

 against leakage. Saucers are not water- 

 proof, for, being porous, damp spots will 

 be found under them, even if they do not 

 overflow. Jardinieres or tin-lined bas- 

 kets of a quiet color should always be 

 used, for fine display work, anyhow. If 

 these are kept perfectly clean inside and 

 out they could be used on the finest kind 

 of background without fear of injuring 

 it. Carelessness in allowing mold and old 

 foliage to accumulate in plant recep- 

 tacles is responsible for more damage 

 than anything else in this line. Ferns 

 and palms should not be allowed to stand 

 in water which has accumulated as waste 

 after watering. 



But to the background question again: 



The Captain's Arch. 



