May -JT, 1000. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



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THE ARISTOCRAT OF BOUQUETS. 



The scasiiii ut' s)iiiiiu \\cil<liiiys is at 

 haiKl, and soon the ]('a<liii^ retail llorists 

 will lie busily ciigagc'd in catoriiiy- to this 

 .lass of ilcsiralilc business. To all florists 

 wlio serve the brides, the aeconipanying 

 illnstratidii of a shower boiufiiet will be 

 .if interest. Jt is one of the sot made 

 by \V. ,1. {'aliiier. iSutfalo, wiiicji were il- 

 lustrated in the bailies' lloni(> dournal 

 for April, so that a lar^c iiiind)er of the 

 ]inbli<' will recojjiii/.e it. It even is qtiite 

 likely that tiM're will be ,alls for .jnst 

 such a lunndi because of its lia\iiiy beiMi 

 shown in that wid<'ly ciiciiliited Ijidics " 

 inaifa/.iui'. 



This is an .aristocrat ;inioiiu- brides" 

 lioui|M(>ts. \<> i-hoicer niatei'ial could be 

 t'lumd. ( i-ii(leiii;is and i-attleyas .are u.st'd 

 "ith the \ailey, and l-";i ijeyeuse. the 

 ■ hoicest <;r(('ii. av.ms einpioyed. .\ ]ace 

 bou(|net si-art' is p.-irtly obscured in the 

 |iicture because the shower lianijs in 

 fiont of it. It will be noteil that the 

 i-attleyas ;ind y;irdenias were placed so 

 as to stand .above The \alley Just enough 

 'o bring tlieui into the ]0(iniinen<'e de- 

 sired. 



SPRAYS OF SMALL FLOWERS. 



Such Tiny Flowers as the Pansy. 



•■^niall lloweis. if decidi'd enough in 

 .olor and well .arranged, make ehiuining 

 -prays. Since the steins cannot be wired 

 -eparately. ;is in the case of roses or car 

 u.ations. they may sometimes be wired in 

 -mall, sleiuler bumdies. with different 

 lengths of stems in each, and the spra\ 

 lu.ade on a deep thougli not thick found.a 

 ticMi of green. Flat green, like .\s[)ar.a 

 uns ]dumosus iw ailiiintuni, is not so uso- 

 Inl for the fouiulation work of this style 

 "t s|ii-ay as Sjireiigeri. wiiich has strony 

 loliage. able to hold itself up and sonu' 

 ■ oldit ional weight also. 



Suppose it is a jiansy spray that is to 

 lie made. If the supply at hand cont.ains 

 ill colors of these velvet be.anties..(du)o.se 

 ■■i c(dor scheme if ]iossible. Take tlii^ yel 

 l"\\s, ludii/.e and biowiis. shading into the 

 leds. Tip tl:e ends of the spray with tlie 

 lightest and griubially A\ork into the 

 darker yellow, into the browns, jnnl then 

 the darkest of ;ill umler the tie. ()]• t.ake 

 the clearest -HJiite .and blend with tin 

 blue ami white, .and tlience into the .lark 

 bines, ending \\ith the bluish bl.ack. 



.\l'ter deidding upon tin" i-olor arianye 

 unait and the nundier ot' llowers whidi 

 i-an lie ailord(>d for the price, si'lect suine 

 ,i;raceful sprays of Sjirengeri .ami rll> 

 tln^n with ]ian.sies. or. in other wnrd-. 

 >Mre on tlift Howers along the middle of 

 the spray lengthwise, setting the floweis 

 ii]i as far as possible. No. ■'!<! wiie is the 

 best for this, being strong enough to 

 hold the stems in ])lace and yet almost in 

 N isible in the completed work. UUi a 

 number of the sprays of Sprengeri with 

 the flowers and finally tie all together at 

 the heavy ends of the sprays. Put 

 identy of green und(>r th(^ flowerc^l spr.ays 



and lidse I lie spray si.\ or eight inidnvs 

 .above the casket as it is ]d;iced tliere. 



With ii large s[iray. the most coii\en 

 ient methoil woidd be to tie in the center 



should lie a cluster of n.arinw liblion 

 loo|>s (it a liarunmious color. |-"or c\ani- 

 |ile, with the yellow and broii/.e scle me 

 use a corn colored tie. lighter than the 

 yellow panties. With the white and blue 

 s;-heiue. use a kimt ot' white or lii^lil blue 

 baby ribbon. Itioad ribbon i- -caicely 

 -uitabli' tdi' small tlowers. 



Sweet Peas or Marguerites. 



Sweet |ieas can be iiscl <imilail). Wire 

 thi' separate bnuidic- nn .\o. i' 1 in IJ inch 

 lengths. fasten these up|-iylit .ahoi;; the 

 rib ot the Sprengeri sjiray. like bristles 

 (Ml an anyrv porkei'. ba-ten the section'- 

 loyethei' as with the p.'iii^ies. with ;i luit 

 terth' bow ot iiari'iiw chill'on. tiainiiiL: 



The Aristocrat Among: Brides* Bouquets. 



id' th(> sjuay iind let the br;inches of 

 .aspar.agus. with the |p;tnsies im them. e,\- 

 tenil in all directions like a sho\v(>r. .\ilil 

 a little .adianttun with the lie. whiidi 



the (>ilds 

 completec 

 pe.a ranee 

 careles-;i\ 



ami bow- 



. the spr 



of a iniml 



from the 



' str.aiyht II |., 

 i\ will li;i\i- t 

 ler of radii •■xt' 

 bow t ie. a- t Ic' < 



Wh,M. 



II' ;ip- 

 iidiiig 

 •enter. 



