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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 17, 1009. 



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WEDDING BOUQUETS. 



June is the season of weddings, and a 

 month in which interest naturally at- 

 taches to the work called for by these 

 nuptial happenings. To the florist there 

 is no work of greater importance than 

 that which he does for the brides. Many 

 a retailer's reputation rests on his 



Bridesmaid's Bouquet. 



brides' bouquets, and, by the same token, 

 many a florist has fallen from grace be- 

 cause the bride's bouquet lacked grace. 

 Every florist located in a small city or 

 \'illage has had the experience of seeing 

 the city florist come out to do the work 

 when the daughter of the leading citizen 

 was to be married. It was simply be- 

 cause the city florist had a reputation, 

 and one without doubt founded largely 

 on the character of his wedding bou- 

 quets. 



Anyone can make a bride's bouquet, 

 but not everyone can make them with the 



light and airy grace demanded by the 

 most discriminating customer. Once upon 

 a time some practical jokers presented an 

 amateur actor friend with a shower bou- 

 quet the center of which was a cauliflower 

 bought at a grocery store. ^ Not a fevt 

 bouquets of valley have been seen made 

 up in the same style nature made that 

 cauliflower; a solid mass of white sur- 

 rounded with a fringe of green. Don't 

 do it that way. Study the illustrations 

 of brides' bouquets in this issue of the 

 Review. Don't try to copy them, but 

 try to develop your own work along the 

 lines of these bouquets. Keep away from 

 the set-piece style. Work for a loose and 

 graceful arrangement. 



The bouquets illustrated are the work 

 of George M. Geraghty, who has charge 

 of the retail store of John H. Dunlop, 

 Toronto. Mr. Geraghty is a past-master 

 in the art of flower arrangement; noth- 

 ing stiff and formal comes from his 

 hand. He calls this bride's bouquet the 

 Empire shower. The materials are the 

 only things conventional about it. It is 

 made of lily of the valley, white lilac and 

 maidenhair fern. The shower is of crys- 

 tal net and the ties of satin duchess rib- 

 bon and crystal net, with silver tassels to 

 finish the ribbon. In the illustration 

 showing the side of the bouquet it will 

 be noticed how compactly the stems have 

 been gathered into the ' handle, with a 

 small butterfly bow on the end for a 

 finish. 



The beauty of this bouquet lies in its 

 lightness. It is in harmony with the 

 typical bridal costume. It is large, with- 

 out being heavy ; full, without being stiff. 



Also reproduced in this issue are two 

 of Mr. Geraghty 's bouquets designed for 

 the other participants in the wedding 

 ceremony. The one of sweet peas he des- 

 ignates as hia Marie Stuart bouquet. 

 There is nothing like a good name, even 

 if a certain gentleman once asserted that 

 a rose would smell as sweet if called a 

 cabbage, or words to that effect. Mr. 

 Geraghty nose better! At least it 

 wouldn 't sell as well. 



The Marie Stuart is made of pink 

 sweet peas and maidenhair. Long- 

 stemmed peas are used, in order that they 

 may be not too closely bunched. The bow 

 is of pink ribbon to match the color of 

 the peas. This bouquet is intended either 

 for bridesmaid or matron of honor and 

 where the wedding is a large one, each 

 of the maids gets an identical bouquet. 

 The flower girl gets the shepherd's crook, 

 though sometimes it is preferred to give 

 this to the bridesmaid. The crook illus- 

 trated is wrapped with Killarney ribbon 

 and the roses are Killarney, the bow 

 being also the Killarney ribbon. At Dun- 

 lop's Mr. Geraghty is busy this month 

 making sets of these bouquets, for their 

 use has become a fad in Toronto. 



Fremont, O. — J. Wetzel & Co. are 

 making preparations to open a new store 

 on Justice street, in the Cook block. 

 R. R. Arlin, of Clyde, is associated with 

 Mr. Wetzel. 



DIFnCULTIES IN SPRAY MAKING. 



StArting the Spray Right. 



Beginners usually complain that in try- 

 ing to arrange a spray the long stem-s 

 get in their way, and if you look into 

 the trouble you will conclude that they 

 have been trying to choke the poor things 

 by tying them close under the heads and 

 leaving the long stems kicking out be- 

 hind. The spray should be started on a 

 good foundation of extra foliage. Thus 

 equipped, it is an easy matter to tie the 

 stems to this foundation, at the lower end> 

 of these stems, and as the work proceeds 

 they form a cushion for the newer part 

 of the spray. This also increases the 

 size of the spray by leaving the flowers 

 loose and free on long stems. This plan 

 allows the tip of the spray to be slightly 

 lower than the center and does away 

 with a tiresome evenness on its surface. 

 The shorter stems work in well at the 

 base of the spray or sometimes thrown 

 back over the stem ends. 



Wirine the Stems. 

 In this connection the subject of wir- 



The Shepherd's Ctook. 



