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December 31, 1908. 



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SHEAF AND SICKLE. 



The illustration shows another method 

 of filling a sheaf of wheat with roses, 

 a sickle laid at the base supplying flow- 

 ers necessary to relieve the plain outline 

 of the sheaf. This design is easily made, 

 giving but little opportunity for the dis- 

 play of artistic skill. It is, however, 

 frequently called for and is quite inex- 

 pensive. The arrangement photographed 

 was a funeral design by Charles Henry 

 Fox, made at the Sign of the Rose, Phila- 

 delphia. Phil. 



MORTON'S BIG DESIGN. 



Illustrated on this page is a funeral 

 design made by C. E. Morton, of the 

 Redondo Floral Co., Los Angeles, for 

 which Mr. Morton is said to have re- 

 ceived $250. It was the tribute of the 

 employees of the Southern Pacific Rail- 

 road to their division superintendent. 

 The piece represented engine, tender and 

 coach. The engine and car were made 

 of white carnations, roses and other 

 flowers, with adiantum for green. Those 

 parts of the car and engine which could 

 not be reproduced in flowers were in 

 chenille, and immortelle was used for the 

 lettering. The coach bore the name of 

 "Seco," that of the private car of the 

 dead superintendent. The base of the 

 piece was of white chrysanthemums. The 

 entire piece was eleven feet and thirty 

 inches long, 



CORSAGE BOUQUETS. 



A Well-made Bunch. 



A corsage bouquet is nothing more or 

 less than a few flowers tied together to 

 be worn on the bodice or waist of a 

 woman's dross, or, as is often done, 

 fastened to the belt. 



The more naturally the flowers are 

 bunched, the prettier will be the effect. 

 Here is where the whole trouble lies. 

 Many florists, when called upon to make 

 a corsage bouquet, are so impressed by 

 the name, and so anxious to turn out 

 work that will be a credit to them wiien 



worn conspicuously, that after repeated 

 efforts the result is a stiff-looking bou- 

 quet. The difference between a well- 

 made corsage bouquet and a poor one 

 is the degree of grace in the arrange- 

 ment. The test of your success will be 

 the frequency with which your customers 

 return to purchase. 



Just gather the flowers up carelessly 

 and tie the stems together, and you will 

 be surprised at the nice, airy-looking bou- 

 quet you can make. 



Material for Corsages. 



Almost any flower can be worn this 

 way, except perhaps only the larger ones, 

 as Beauties, chrysanthemums, lilies, etc. 

 These large flowers are usually carried 

 in the hand, or sometimes just one or two 

 arfe worn. 



A graceful combination of two or even 

 more varieties of flowers also produces a 

 pretty corsage bouquet. Roses and val- 

 ley, orchids and valley, violets and rose- 

 buds, carnations and sweet peas, all look 

 well. Then we have also marguerites, 

 pompons and anemone chrysanthemums, 

 forget-me-nots, and so on down the line. 

 The latter make up exceptionally well, 

 but are, not lasting, 



If some color is desired, take from six 

 to a dozen Richmond roses and some 

 sprays of valley. Tie them loosely to- 

 gether, leaving some of the valley to 

 form the tip of the bouquet, with the 

 remainder of the valley between the 

 roses. 



If you wish to tie up a few orchids 

 of the cattleya type, leave the stems as 

 long as they are and, in tying the flow- 

 ers, avoid having them lie too evenly. 

 They must be tar enough apart to show 

 the beauty of each individual flower, and 

 should not all be on the same line or 

 level. Violets are best left in bunches 

 just as they come, and the bunches tied 

 together, forming a close, round bouquet. 

 If any attempt is made to arrange the 

 violets loosely this effect will soon be 

 spoiled by the wilting of the violets. 



Corsage bouquets would look far more 



natural if the stems could be left un- 

 covered, but the chance of soiling some 

 expensive gown makes it advisable to 

 cover the stems in some way. Trim off 

 the stems so they will taper to a point 

 when tied together, and then wrap with 

 green foil or datin ribbon. By exercising 

 a little care you can finish a bouquet 

 neatly in this manner. 



The Use of Ribbon. 



If you were gathering flowers out in the 

 woods or field, of course you would not 

 expect to tie them with ribbon, but when 

 the flowers come from a florist a pretty 

 bow or rosette Js really essential. Flow- 

 ers grown in the' greenhouse are always 

 more or less stiff as compared with those 

 growing wild. 



The ribbon should harmonize with the 

 flowers, both in color and kind; and the 

 whole should harmonize with the lady's 

 gown. 



The ways of using ribbon are many. 

 The most common way is the ordinary 

 bow of one or more loops tied to the 

 stems. Another pretty idea is to tie a 

 small rosette of ribbon or narrow chiffon 

 in with the flowers, with one end of this 

 brought down to the stems and tied there 

 in a neat little bow. 



With violets or orchids the ties obtain- 

 able from the ribbon supply houses are 

 easiest to apply and are most generally 

 used. Just at present the ties with the 

 gold tassels are popular. Gold and vio- 

 lets are a decidedly effective combina- 

 tion. 



Unless you arc adept at tying bows, I 

 would advise the use of the ready-made 

 ties. These can be obtained to match 

 almost any flower. 



A suitable pin should be provided with 

 each corsage bouquet. These also can be 

 procured in many styles and priceb, some 

 fine ones with heads in beautiful shades 

 of pink, blue, lavender, white, etc. 



Never send out a corsage, or any other 

 bouquet, wrapped only in paper. Some 

 sort of a box should be used; otherwise 

 the bouquet is very apt to become 

 crushed. Hugo Schroeter. 



FLOWERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



We have rebuilt our houses and will 

 start February 1. What can we grow 

 for the Memorial trade? We can sell 

 any flowers. Kindly give time of plant- 

 ing. I had thought of one house of 

 lilies. Can we get them in? I. H. R. 



Lilium longiflorum, if procured and 

 potted at once, will come in for Memorial 

 day. Lose no time in securing these, 



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