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TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



Mak 20, 190«. 



paper, and at the top shows a large cut 

 of a porch with a number of well-filled 

 boxes. There also are two illustrations 

 showing the value of vines in such work. 

 The principal offer, printed in good, 

 readable type, is as follows: 



"Something for nothing, and we each 

 profit by it: At great expense we have 

 had made hundreds of rustic porch boxes, 

 lawn boxes and rustic hanging baskets. 

 These serviceable as well as beautiful 

 porch boxes we give absolutely free, with 

 only one condition': They must be well 

 filled with plants bought from us. How 

 can we do it? Stop and think of the 

 standing advertisement we get for years 

 by this method, although the first cost is 

 great. We have them in all sizes, to fit 

 any porch. The quality of our plants 

 was never better. We have an abundance 

 of vines, which are the beauty of all 

 boxes and baskets. The unsightly red, 

 white, green and blue board boxes can 

 now be relegated to the past by this ad- 

 vance move in rustic work, at no cost to 

 you. If you are not our customer, why 

 not be? Do not forget we have special 

 box plants for east, west, north or south 

 exposure. If you tell us the location we 

 will help you out in selection." 



This is followed by a list and descrip- 

 tion of plants suitable for boxes and for 

 bedding out. One corner of the circular 

 contains a cut of a hanging basket, with 

 the explanation that the free offer does 

 not apply to these because of the small 

 quantity of plants necessary to fill them. 

 The remaining corner of the circular 

 shows an illustration of a funeral de- 

 sign, with the invitation to "Try us and 

 prove our ability." 



The plan of the Chapman Co. is some- 

 what radical, and most florists would 

 prefer to make a charge for their win- 

 dow boxes, but anyone who sends out 10,- 

 000 copies of an attractive advertisement 

 of such boxes can count on an encourag- 

 ing increase in his business. 



Faiepokt, Ia. — George E. Feustel lost 

 his home and adjacent building by fire 

 Tuesday, May 11, entailing a money loss 

 of about $4,000 above the insurance. The 

 flower pot factory was not touched, and 

 business will not be interrupted. 



LINDACHER'S CEMETERY VASES. 



In the illustration of Charles Lindach- 

 er's place, cemetery vases, planted, ready 

 for delivery, occupy almost the entire 

 front lawn. With reference to these 

 vases, Mr. Lindacher says: 



"I am located near a beautiful ceme- 

 tery, in which stands the McKinley monu- 

 ment. These vases are for use in the 

 cemetery, and are delivered two or three 

 days before Decoration day. They are 

 filled principally with red geraniums, 

 coleus and variegated vincas, and belong 

 to different parties owning lots all over 

 the grounds. After placing the vases, 

 our responsibility ceases. As a rule, 

 they are watered by the owners and the 

 cemetery association. The prices for fill- 

 ing them are $1.50 to $3, according to 

 the size of the vase." 



COLOR IN FANCY BEDDING. 



Beware of Discords. 



When the bedding stock is at its best 

 in development of foliage and flower, 

 combinations of color, fearfully and won- 

 derfully made, frequently thrust them- 

 selves upon the passerby. Some of these 

 reckless violations of color law may be 

 observed in the following lists of stock 

 seen last season in many different beds: 



Outside border of Lobelia compacta, 

 backed by a row of scarlet and crimson 

 geraniums, alternated; center, a gor- 

 geous display of varicolored dahlias, 

 orange crimson, purple, salmon pink and 

 brilliant crimson. All this is profes- 

 sional work. 



Another: Oval bed; outside border 

 of miniature yellow calceolarias, and a 

 second border of brilliant scarlet gera- 

 niums, and again the center of dahlias, 

 crimson, purple and lemon colored. This 

 was the next bed on the same grounds, 

 done with fine, well kept stock, loaded 

 with bloom, amid perfect architectural 

 surroundings. 



A Caricature of Nature. 



Yet once more: A border of crimson- 

 pink, magenta, white, cream, purple and 

 rich red gillyflowers; behind, a lobelia 

 border, with the same allotment of 

 dahlias mentioned above, and the whole 

 flanked on one side by a Japanese maple 



and on the other by a holly tree, with 

 the berries well colored. Nature, as 

 though joining in the caricature of her- 

 self, threw a dandelion into the border. 

 All this was tolerated amid broad, wind- 

 ing walks and low ivy-covered walls, pre- 

 tentious entrances, beautiful lighting 

 and an ideal water-front site. 



The wildest imagination could scarcely 

 picture such a riot in the salubrious 

 English air. Infinitely better had it 

 been if the gardener had planted a hay 

 field, interspersing a few daisies. But 

 we need not throw too many stones at 

 our Canadian cousins, for scenes like this 

 often meet the eye within our own broad 

 borders. 



Nature's Object Lesson. 



Boarding a steamer a few hours after 

 this, I sighed for a picture of the wealth 

 of color spread by the sunset over sky 

 and water. What a fine object lesson 

 such a picture would be!. A few hours 

 before there were colors so glaringly 

 misused; now there was an example of 

 the most exquisite toning and blending. 

 What yellow and blue do we see there! 

 Not the dark lobelia blue and the bril- 

 liant calceolaria yellow in rows, but hori- 

 zontal tiger stripes of coppery yellow 

 thrown against blotches of steel blue, 

 while a receding line of the most deli- 

 cate sky blue foam cut the trembling 

 drapery of color into two parts. Over- 

 head, the crimson purple sky veiled its 

 heavy splendor with a tinge of the blue- 

 green of the water, until it looked down 

 at the receding world with an azure eye. 



Only look, friends; open your eyes and 

 see, and you will learn how to blend 

 colors. 



Suggested Combinations. 



Why not have had the lobelias and 

 calceolarias in low beds by themselves, 

 or the lobelia with sweet alyssum or 

 candytuft, or the white or cream gilly- 

 flower, or the lobelia with ivy, segregat- 

 ing the dahlias in clumps, according to 

 color? A better attempt at combining 

 the lobelia and calceolaria would have 

 been made by choosing a light lobelia 

 and an orange calceolaria. The old gold 

 dahlia would have looked beautiful 

 against the Japanese maple, and the nch 

 crimsons would have made a striking 

 group by themselves. The scarlet gera- 



Ccmetcry Vas^s at Charles Lindacher'st Canton. O., Ready for Delivery. 



