Pebbuabt 25, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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The Pillow. 



■within a short distance of their work, 

 places of one to ten acres, which they 

 ivere gradually improving at an expense 

 ■of $100 or so a year, each with the ex- 

 pectation of making in the end a little 

 paradise of his especial property, an<r 

 I have today on my books a number of 

 such people who not only keep my men 

 busy in the dull months and have given 

 me a fair profit <m the goods and work 

 <ione, but have become buyers of flowers 

 in the winter months, when I have prac- 

 tically nothing to do outside. 



Fascination in Landscape Work. 



Putting aside the financial question in- 

 volved, there is a certain fascination in 

 the work that appeals to any one inter- 

 ested in it. Every one likes to be suc- 

 cessful and, although the worries are 

 many, the desired result achieved is a 

 source of gratification that overbalances 

 anything else. The satisfactory execu- 

 tion of the comparatively small orders 

 always leads to larger ones, and while 

 we all may not have the financial respon- 

 sibility to attempt larger and more im- 

 portant work, we have the feeling that 

 sometime we will have it, and know that 

 when we do reach that condition we have 

 the ability to carry the work to success- 

 ful completion. I cannot impress too 

 thoroughly on your minds the necessity 

 of being prepared to attach this depart- 

 ment to your business. The percentage 

 of profit is good and the percentage of 

 loss practically nothing. It, of course, 

 necessitates the carrying of a nursery 

 stock for a year or so, but even that 

 grows into profit for you and, if you 



have a greenhouse, can be taken care of 

 without additional expense other than the 

 interest on the investment. That should 

 not be an outlay, as I know of nothing 

 that will improve in value as much in a 

 year as a shrub, tree or plant that you 

 put in the ground. 



(To be continued.) 



THE PILLOW. 



The accompanying illustration gives a 

 pretty pillow arrangement wherein the 

 design has lost much of its convention- 

 ality. The field of white carnations is 

 relieved by four corner-pieces of pale 

 pink roses tied with pink satin ribbon. 

 The idea of youth and brightness is ad- 

 mirably expressed. The design is one 

 of our scries by Charles Henry Fox, of 

 the Sign of the Rose, Philadelphia, but 

 Mr. Fox says the lettering is not to be 

 commended. Phil. 



FANDL'S DESIGNS. 



The illustrations on page 6 show 

 two excellent designs in the German 

 style of floral architecture. These were 

 the work of Paul Fandl, who learned the 

 flower business in Germany and who now 

 for a time has been located at Spokane, 

 Wash., where he is building up a pros- 

 perous trade. 



The wreath on the easel was made for 

 funeral purposes and is an excellent ex- 

 ample of its class. It contains too many 

 varieties of flowers to be salable in the 

 leading American stores, but among the 

 people who are accustomed to the floral 

 \A ork of the 'Fatherland it seems much 



better than the style in vogue with the 

 leading retailers in this country. Mr. 

 Fandl used principally tulips, auratum 

 lilies and hyacinths, with a spray of fine 

 white lilac at the top, but there are a 

 number of other varieties mixed in 

 throughout the design. The green was 

 in as great variety as the flowers. Leaves 

 of cocos and kentias were used, with the 

 fronds of the Boston fern and adiantum, 

 and a liberal use of asparagus. 



The fan was designed for presenta- 

 tion. Mr. Fandl 's customer sent it to a 

 young lady after a ball. The body of 

 the design was made of pink hydrangeas, 

 witn myosotis among the adiantum fronds 

 which represented the lace on the outer 

 edges. The garniture was made of Test- 

 out roses and lily of the valley. The fin- 

 ishing of the reverse side was an essen- 

 tial feature. It should always be made 

 with a background of green to conceal 

 the reverse side of the picture. The 

 frame in this case was of wire covered 

 with green silk. 



BASKETS FOR THE TABLE. 



At a recent luncheon, at the plate of 

 each guest was a little gilded basket, 

 planted with small ferns and double vio- 

 lets, while the centerpiece was an odd 

 shaped gold basket, growing with ferns 

 and daffodils. The individual baskets 

 at the guests' plates were intended to 

 be carried away as souvenirs and, as the 

 affair was at a club, it only required 

 the example of the hostess, on arising, if 

 any hint were needed. 



