The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuaby 18, 1009. 



Store of the Zieger Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



away that solemn aspect; then, as the 

 design in question happens to be for a 

 young person, suggest the combination of 

 pale blue and white on a light pink back- 

 ground. Take a few sprays of forget- 

 me-not and some Enchantress carnations 

 and show how well they look together. 

 When you gain the customer 's confidence, 

 you get your order to go ahead and make 

 up the pillow as you see fit. 



When the order has been landed, it is 

 up to you to turn out a design that will 

 be a credit to yourself and will also make 

 a decided hit with the purchaser, who will 

 thereafter always have a good word for 

 your establishment. 



Makine the Pillow. 



When the frame has been mossed and 

 covered with fern leaves, fasten some 

 smilax, galax or ivy leaves around the 

 edge and then commence with the flow- 

 ers. First of all I would make a border 

 of Roman hyacinths and azalea blossoms, 

 wiring the latter to toothpicks the same 

 as you would carnations. Next, place a 

 lily near each corner. Then I would lay 

 out the place the lettering is to occupy. 

 If you have been wise you have cut the 

 inscription down to just plain ' * Brother, ' ' 

 for too much lettering spoils many an 

 otherwise nicely made piece. Fill in the 

 remaining space sparingly with the En- 

 chantress carnations, making thereby a 

 background of light pink. Arrange the 

 forget-me-nots in a pretty border around 

 the space in which' the lettering is to be, 

 and fill in the open space with the white 

 roses stemmed about two to three inches 

 long. A few sprays of some dainty green 

 will make the white roses stand out. 



Other Arrangements With Colors. 



After you have made a few designs 

 using light colors, and the people of 

 your town have become a little accus- 

 tomed to them, you can gradually work 

 into the use of brighter colors, but at 

 first it is well to remember that a design 

 containing colored stock will appear all 

 the brighter by contrast with the all- 

 white designs by Avhich it is likely to be 

 surrounded. 



In making sprays you can use flowers 

 of brighter color than in designs. Only 

 one kind of flowers will be used, so the 



colors cannot clash, and the brightness 

 will be toned down by the liberal use of 

 green. Colored flowers are specially ap- 

 propriate for the funerals of elderly 

 people. 



The use of galax, magnolia or ivy 

 leaves will give many opportunities for 

 using colored flowers to good advantage. 

 Red or lavender with bronze galax or the 

 bronze or brown magnolia leaves is in 

 good taste. On green galax. ivy or green 

 magnolia leaves, pink or pale blue looks 

 well. This latter combination is well to 

 use for young people. 



Using yellow as a suggestion of gold 

 will many times aid you in disposing of 

 jonquils, daffodils, yellow mums, etc. 



Thousands of red roses are used daily 

 in the large cities in funeral work. The 

 beautiful red of the Richmond rose in 

 sprays with valley, and tied with some 



ribbon to match either the roses or the 

 green, is very effective and can be used 

 especially well for old people. Purple is 

 also used more for the funeral of old 

 people and this color, combined with 

 white, is very good. 



The Lodge Insignia. 



The various lodge pieces usually call 

 for colored flowers and, while they are 

 often just what you want to clean up 

 your stock, still at times it is impossible 

 to get the colors wanted. To guard 

 against such an emergency, I would ad- 

 vise you to always carry in stock some 

 immortelles in different colors. 



In the different pieces on a base you 

 can use colored stock. The base can be 

 considered as a separate piece. For in- 

 stance, you have just completed a stand- 

 ing anchor in white and pink. In the 

 base you can use almost any color you 

 have at your disposal, dark red, purple, 

 etc. 



As Soon as you mix the colors you will 

 have trouble unless the correct colors or 

 shades are used, but q3 long as you keep 

 them .apart, as I said before, many col- 

 ors can , be used in the same design. 

 Many times you can beautify what would 

 otherwise have been a too severe con- 

 trast with a fine spray of adiantum or 

 asparagus. Hugo Schroeter. 



THE ZIEGER STORE. 



Pittsburg, the Manchester of America, 

 is recognized as one of the best flower 

 cities in the country; Pittsburg million- 

 aires cannot be so bad as they sometimes 

 are painted in the divorce court news if 

 there is anything in the elevating influ- 

 ence of flowers, about which we all have 

 heard so much of late. The city has a 

 number of flower stores which will rank 

 with . the ifinest in the country, among 

 them b^iqg that of the Zieger Co., shown 

 in ' the aecoinpanying illustrations. 



The picture of the exterior shows what 

 a splendid appearance is made from the 

 street and will serve as an example of 

 the modern idea of what is necessary to 

 attract the patronage of discriminating 

 persons who have the power to purchase 



Store of the Zieger Co., Pittsburg, Pa. 



