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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 17, 1908. 



THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



^^iS 



THE CHRISTMAS HAMPER. 



The accompanying illustration of a 

 hamper of poinsettias shows the work of 

 Charles Henry Fox, at the Sign of the 

 Rose, Philadelphia. It is a particularly 

 pleasing arrangement of dwarf poinset- 

 tias and ferns, the scarlet bracts of the 

 poinsettia predominating. The hamper 

 is one of those such as are imitations of 

 the hampers in which champagne often 

 is seen displayed. The cover does not 

 show distinctly in the illustration. 



CORSAGE BOUQUET SHIELDS. 



The corsage shield is one of the things 

 that never come amiss — you can put it 

 on every bouquet with the assurance that 

 it will be appreciated, especially as the 

 shields are comparatively new. Of 

 course, the fabrics are of the finest. 



One of the features of the bouquet 

 holder is that the "handle" of the shield 

 is pinned to ladies' dresses, not the bou- 

 quet itself. The bouquet is placed against 

 the body of the shield, with the stems of 

 the flowers over the handle of the shield; 

 the flowers are fastened by tying to the 

 handle with a ribbon tie or silk cord, 

 placing the bow in front. Pin the ar- 

 rangement to the dress by merely passing 



the pin over the handle of the shield, not 

 over the stems of the violets or other 

 flowers. 



In these corsage shields the body and 

 handle are of fibre, covered with satin. 

 The shields are of lace or plaited silk 

 chiflfon, with satin edges. When worn, 

 the shield is covered by the bouquet, the 

 lace or chiffon forming a rich back- 

 ground. 



Another /form of corsage protector is 

 a lace handkerchief, 12^x13 inches. 

 Both tbese protectors do away with the 

 old-fashioned tinfoil still sometimes used. 



The illustrations of corsage protectors 

 are from photographs supplied by Wer- 

 theimer Bros., New York. 



WILL IT PAY ? 



What should be the income, or profit, 

 from an establishment of 7,000 feet of 

 glass, considering that a general line of 

 stock is grown, catering to a general 

 trade at good prices? There are five 

 acres of good soil. N. B. 



Is there money in the business? It's 

 a question often asked. How much in- 

 come from a given area? It is only an- 

 other form of the inquiry. Who could 

 answer? It all depends on the man. 



Look about you. Note the men who 



have apparently equal facilities. One is 

 quite evidently making money; a little 

 experience of another will prove his in- 

 come doesn't suffice to meet his bills. 

 It's all in the man. 



Greenhouses and appurtenances are 

 no more than the tools of an occupation 

 : — the ability to use them is what deter- 

 mines the result. Give one man five 

 acres of land and 7,000 feet of glass and 

 he soon will have the whole place built 

 up with greenhouses. Give another man 

 the same facilities and the only thing he 

 will put on the place will be a mortgage, 

 and te won't be able to rebuild the 

 houses when they, like other tools, wear 

 out. It's all in the man. 



The largest places in this country were 

 originally started with less than 7,000 

 feet of glass. 



COLLEGE COURSE FOR FLORISTS. 



[A paper by Chas. N. Page, of Des Moines. 

 la., read at a meeting of the Society of Iowa 

 Florists, In Des Moines, • December 9, 1908.? 



It is. a common remark that all trades 

 and professions are crowded and young 

 men are apt to think that there is but 

 little chance for them, but this is not 

 true of the florists' business. There has 

 always been a scarcity of good florists in' 

 this country and we know of one green- 

 house man who keeps an advertisement 

 of "Man Wanted" standing in the trade 

 papers almost the year around. This is 

 largely owing to the fact that young men 

 cannot secure a good all-round training 

 in any of the large greenhouse estab- 

 lishments. They may learn how to do 

 the rough work and potting of plants 

 and still for years learn nothing of the 

 general care of greenhouse stock, and 

 have but a faint idea of the treatment 

 required by the various classes of plants. 

 If their work is in a rose growing estsib- 



Christmas Hamper of Poinsettias and Ferns. . i 



