The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mat 27, 1909. 



to various points ou the circumference. 



In combining peas, be careful to use 

 Blanche Ferry with white only, Gladys 

 Unwin or Lovely with King Edward, and 

 Countess Spencer with the lavender and 

 purples. Do not mix the reds or pinks. 

 You Avill find that one kind of flowers in 

 sprays is the favorite, rather than a mix- 

 ture of small flowers, except in the case 

 of such an indefinite color as is found in 

 the forget-me-not. Not that the forget- 

 me-not is really an indefinite color, but 

 the oft'ect of a mass of these flowers is 

 too indistinct. Dot or tie the white rose 

 spray with forget-me-nots for a child's 

 funeral, and tie with that light blue chif- 

 fon for which you have heretofore found 

 so little use. 



Marguerites are beautiful, but, alas, it 

 always comes to this: I have learned 

 through bitter experience that they do 

 not last. Try this: If the marguerites 

 are rather short, wire them onto Spren- 

 geri, as in the case of pansies and peas, 

 and sprinkle liberally at the last minute. 



If longer stems are used, make the 

 spray in several sections and wrap the 

 lower ends of the stems in a light layer 

 of damp sphagnum. Cover the sphagnum 

 above and below with green foil, to pre- 

 vent tlic escape of moisture, and, for a 



and other perishable flowers in hot 

 weather, and will help .to quite an extent. 



Valley. 



Valley is not easily arranged in a spray 

 without its assuming a bunchy appear- 

 ance and getting too thick in the center 

 or base. Wire in their thin, tapering 

 bunches on No. 24 wire and draw them 

 together end for end in a suggestion of a 

 crescent shape, tying in the center with 

 a cluster of narrow ribbon and adian- 

 tums. 



Some of these dainty flowers make a 

 I)retty finish over the stems of a spray of 

 larger flowers, as sweet peas with pink 

 roses, valley with roses or Easter lilies, 

 sweet peas with carnations, etc. Some- 

 times extend this effect to a small shower 

 falling to. one or both sides of the 

 stems. In this case, omit the ribbon tie. 

 Occasionally stem a few small bunches of 

 dainty flowers and insert them through 

 the stems of the larger flowers, as in a 

 design frame. Hide the picks with some 

 extra green. 



The tender stems of these small flowers 

 are not easily handled and held in place 

 without breaking them. Only a knack 

 acquired by practice and experiment will 

 accomplish this. Just tight enough to 



The Wreath of Sweet Peas. 



finish, wrap with a scroll-like piece of 

 birch bark over the stem portion. Turn 

 back one corner and tie on a bow of 

 green fiber ribbon. While this method 

 will not entirely cure the defect of early 

 wilting in the marguerites, it will greatly 

 aid, and may, with care in sprinkling and 

 late making up, almost do away with the 

 objection to the use of these flowers out 

 of water. This same method of wrap- 

 ping the stems may be used with roses 



hold and not tight enough to break, is the 

 object to be attained. 



In making sprays of these cheaper 

 outdoor flowers, it may be easier to 

 realize the value of the work which has 

 been sacrificed during the winter in the 

 use of the more expensive flowers. Too 

 often, in spray work especially, we fail 

 to calculate on a reasonable amount for 

 the work. It is scarcely possible to 

 charge for work on small sprays, but it 



ought to be done on a spray amounting 

 to $3 or more. Gertrude Blair. 



WREATH OF SWEET PEAS. 



The wreath of sweet peas is one of 

 the funeral designs by Charles Henry 

 Fox, of the Sign of the Rose, Philadel- 

 phia. This wreath makes up beautifully 

 and is especially appropriate for youth 

 in the spring. The arrangement may be 

 effectively carried out with lavender 

 sweet peas and lily of the valley, or 

 other color combinations will be equally 

 beautiful. Phil. 



REHDER'S CHURCH DECORATION. 



That Will Eehder, of Wilmington, N. 

 C, has some skill as a decorator is not 

 only attested by the sample of hia work 

 which is shown in the accompanying illus- 

 tration, but is also confirmed by the fact 

 that there is a good call for his services 

 in that line, both in his own city and in 

 the surrounding districts. Of course, 

 each of the two kinds of evidence — the 

 quality of the work and the demand for 

 it — has its own value and its own pecu- 

 liar satisfaction, though the demand con- 

 tributes more directly to the florist's 

 pocketbook. 



In describing the church decoration 

 here shown, Mr. Eehder says that the 

 main aisle was carpeted with white 

 bleaching. At the end of each pew a 

 bunch of Easter lilies and asparagus was 

 placed, tied with No. 40 white satin rib- 

 bon. The windows were banked with 

 southern smilax, and vases of Easter 

 lilies were placed in each window. Gar- 

 lands or festoons of southern smilax and 

 white carnations were stretched from 

 the chandeliers to the walls. The altar 

 was banked with palms, ferns, primroses, 

 and great bunches of Easter lilies and 

 carnations. The flowers used on the side 

 chandeliers were white carnations, tied 

 with white satin ribbon. 



FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED. 



Few in the flower business have spent 

 as much money in advertising as has the 

 George Wittbold Co., Chicago. Operating 

 three retail stores and doing an immense 

 amount of garden work, as well as a large 

 wholesale trade, the firm has for years 

 employed printer's ink on a liberal scale. 

 One of the things which has been discov- 

 ered is that in advertising it pays to be- 

 gin early. For that reason the Wittbold 

 Co. does not wait until the season of 

 actual demand before publishing its ad- 

 vertisements. The aim is to anticipate 

 the actual demand, so that when the time 

 for buying comes the name of Wittbold 

 and the facilities of the concern will be 

 impressed on the mind of the customer. 

 With this thought in view, Wittbold has 

 been advertising in leading Chicago 

 dailies all through the month of May, 

 calling attention to the company's facili- 

 ties for executing orders for bouquets 

 and for decorations for the June wed- 

 dings, which for a month now will be the 

 most important item with every high 

 class retail florist. 



PouGHKEEPSiE, N. Y. — The Saltford 

 Flower Shop had an especially pleasing 

 decoration at the Vasser Institute, May 

 11. 



Omaha, Neb. — At a recent meeting of 

 the Hanscom Park Improvement Club, 

 attended by the mayor, council and city 

 engineer, one of the improvements 

 brought up for discussion was the build- 

 ing of a greenhouse. 



