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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mai: -'U. 1909. 



|iaj)fi-, and at the top sliows ii largo cut 

 of a porch with a muiihor uf well-filled 

 l)ox<'s. There also are two illustrations 

 showing the value of vines in such work. 

 The princiital offer, printed in good, 

 r.fadable type, is as follows: 



' ■ Honiething 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 

 lK)rcli 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. \Ve have an at)undance 

 of vines, whicli are the beauty of all 

 boxes and baskets. The unsightly red, 

 white, green and bhu; board boxes can 

 now be relegated to the ])ast 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 s])ef'ial 

 box plants for east, west, nortli or south 

 exj)osure. If you tell us the location we 

 will help yon 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 lianging basket, with 

 the explanation that the free offer does 

 not apply to these because of the small 

 quantity of ](lants necessary to fill them. 

 The remaining corner of the circular 

 shows an illustration of a funeral de- 

 sign, with the invitation to "Try lis and 

 prove our ability." 



The plan of the Chapman Co. is some- 

 what radical, and 7n(jst ilorists 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. 



F.MRI'OUT, 1a.- (ieolge K. Feustel lost 

 his home and adjacent building by fire 

 Tuesday, -May 11, entailing a money loss 

 of about $4,000 above tlu^ insurance. Th(> 

 tlower pot factory was ntjt touched, ami 

 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. I^indacher 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 jire 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 ])lacing the vases, 

 our responsibility ceases. As a rule, 

 they are watered by th(> owners and thti 

 ceuK'tery association. Tln^ prices for fill- 

 ing them are $l..lo to .f:?, 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 tlower, 

 combinations of color, fearfully and won- 

 derfully nuide, 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 s(>ason in many different becls: 



Outside border of Lolielia compacta, 

 backed by a row of scarl(>t and crimson 

 geraniums, alternated; center, a gor- 

 geous display of vai'icolori'd dahlias, 

 orange crimson, purple, salmon pink and 

 brilliant crimson. .Ml this is profes- 

 sional work. 



-Vnother: Oval bed; outside bonier 

 of miniature yellow calceolarias, and a 

 second border of brilliant scarlet gera 

 niums. and again the center of ilahlias. 

 crimson, j)ui|ile and lemon colored. This 

 was the next bed on the same grounds, 

 done with fine, well kept stock, loaded 

 with l)loom, amid perfect architectural 

 surrounilings. 



A Caricature of Nature. 



Vet once nK)re: .V border of crimson 

 pi id?, magenta, white, cream, purple and 

 rich red gillyfhiwers ; behind, a lolxdia 

 border, with the same allotment of 

 dahlias mentioned abo\e, ami the whole 

 lhi?ii<e(| on one side by a Jajianese maple 



and on the other by a holly tree, with 

 the berries well colored. Nature, rws 

 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 (Janadian cousins, for scenes like this 

 often meet the eye within our own broiid 

 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; }iow there was an example of 

 the most exquisite toning and blending. 

 What yellow and blue do we see ther''! 

 Not the dark lobelia blue and the bril- 

 liant calceolaria yellow in rows, but hori- 

 zontal tiger stripes of c(jppery yellow 

 thrown against blotches of steel' blue, 

 while a receding line of the most deli- 

 cate sky l)lue 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 recoiling world with an azure eye. 



Only look, friends; open your eyes and 

 see, and you will learn how to blend 

 coloi's. 



Suggested Combinations. 



Why not have had the lobelias and 

 calceolarias in low beds by themsebe"^, 

 or the lobelia with sweet alyssum '^r 

 candytuft, or the white or cream gilly- 

 flowci', or the lobelia with ivy. segi'egin- 

 ing tln' dahlias in clunqis. according to 

 color.' A better attemjit at combining 

 the lobelia and calceolaria would have 

 been made by choosingr ;i light lobelia 

 and an orange calceolarfa' The old gold 

 dahlia would have looked beautiful 

 against the .Jajianese maple, and the ne'n 

 crimsons would have made a striking 

 grouj) by themselves. The scarlet gera- 



Cemetery Vams at Charles Lindacher's, Canton. O., Ready for Delivery. 



