The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JuLT 8, 1909. 



kcts, a sitiiii^ht wall of ferns, a clustor 

 of festoons, a sualmrst of color or a 

 wild conior, a i-oiiu'r of jialiiis or a soft 

 faliric drajicry as a liackyroiniil for a 

 sin};;le stately \ase, a liecjyc of Aiiiericaii 

 Heauties; a ^roiiji ot' <;raiiuateil sizes in 

 jialiiis. on one siile reaching to The ceil 

 inn ami on the o|i|i(isite sjcli' a low lirinip 

 with festoons cnnnect iiiji ; a i;ateway, an 



of the loniliinat ions with roses sii<fffested 

 alioNc, are excellent. h'or a rarer coin- 

 liination. Kaster lilies or cainlidiinis Avitli 

 a \alley shower have lieen used stiin- 

 nin<;ly foi- a churcdi weddin^^. daisies 

 make a lieantil'id informal arm Imindi, 

 with a shower of the same. This is the 

 ordy easy way lo car'iy a mum liiundi. 

 This latter style of arm liomjuets can 



Show Pelargonium Galatea. 



arch, a scre(>n of tlaisies or nuuns, a 

 larec decorated mirror. 



If the room is low, stretch ont liij^li 

 I'estoons to distant jxiints; or, it' it is 

 harny ami \acaiit, iiron]i palms in deep 

 ■arches. If the church is chanceled. 

 penetrate to the altar with the ilecora 

 ti\(' lines anil \enture in the distant 

 [mints on the (diancel lail. 



The Bride's Bouquet. 



l"or dilferent weddinji' ceremonies and 

 conilitions, adojit the kind of lii'ide's 

 lioii(|net which c-ommon sense seems to 

 dii-tate. I'or an (daliorate chare h or 

 fashionalile home wcchlinj; have a shower 

 lioui|uet (daiioi'ate enonyh to ;;race the 

 j;ow ns and snrronndinj^s, Imt vary the 

 stvle of shower. It m.ay tie of streamers 

 of ^reen oi- all rililmn. or the two com- 

 iiined; the shower may lie ot' all ferns 

 or ferns and tloweis mixecl. It may lie 

 withont a toji. or a wrist shower, a 

 praver liook shower, a fan shower, or a 

 iiiitierlly shower. 



l:it1ereMt l|iiwel> reijuire dilfeient 

 treatment e\eii tdr a showei'. 'l.onj; 

 spr;i\s III' '•wain'-ona, tied tii;iether so as 

 to tall iiiit\\ard t'luni the stems, make a 

 lieantifnl natural shciwer. as wenld lony 

 spiraas, white laiidiler roses oi- Inidal 

 w ri'at li. 



Thi'ie are endless cnndii iial inns to lie 

 made with ruses lor the shower. -Most 

 ciimmonis' seen are \alle\. \iolets. jieas, 

 daisies, swainsiinas and freesias. ()tlier 

 coiidii nat iiiiis. for a daintier liouijin't, are 

 \iolets and \alli'y, \iolets and peas, \al- 

 le\- and cachids. violets and nrchids. \al 

 ley and gardenias, \alley ami Bride 

 illadiiili, daisies and peas. 



The Arm Shower. 



Then there is the arm shower, which is 

 a loose lninch of loiin-stemmed (lowers 

 with a showi-r extending from the elliow 

 to the wrist. K'oses with \allev, or anv 



lie iise<| with or without riliiion, scarf or 

 sasli. 



Still another style of bride's lioinjuet 

 is the arm yarl.and, or (dnnn of roses 

 lian^ine dxer the .arm and down ayainst 

 the skirt. No tie is needed for this. .\ 

 few liutterlly Imws can lie addeil. This 

 is an es|iecially <;ond style for an out- 

 door wedding. 



Let One Style Suggest Another. 



In all of the dilferent liehls of desien, 

 oiu' thini^ sujiecsts another. W'hih' niak 

 inji a centerpiece of \'on Sion dalfodils. 

 it occurs to yon tliiit a piece of a niim- 

 her III' kinds iit' tli<' interest i iiij narcissus 



family woidd make u chariniii<j variety, 

 f^radiiic; from a clear white into the 

 creams, thence to the canary tints and 

 linally to the <lee|i orange, usin^ their 

 own foliaj^c oidy. This color blend is 

 at lis best in <layli;4;lit only. Then there 

 are the broken and iinjierfect s|)e(dmeiis. 

 Open them <iut tlat and lay them just 

 under the eilj>e of the laee centerpiece, 

 St) that the edf^e of the petals forms a 

 frill arouinl the outline of the lace piece. 

 Or if there are rose petals of one va- 

 riety, scatter them in some pretty desi}i;n 

 on the talile about the centerpiece. 



It is just so in every department of 

 this l)rau(di of desijfn. One styU^ of 

 iinmtel decin'ation will evolve from an- 

 other; one mode of tying a funeral spriiy 

 will make you think of sonu'thing tdse. 

 'i'lie first fi'w original styles practically 

 win the battle, for the more you orig- 

 inate, the vviiler becoim's your caiiacity 

 in this direction — not by trying to be 

 novel, but by stmlying form ami color 

 and trying to ( hii-sify and arrange their 

 nuxlificatioiis until the imnn'usity of tin; 

 subject appalls yon. AN'elcomt^ changes, 

 for which y(m have not trieil, break in 

 upon your imagination. It is ever true. 

 "To them that have, shall bo given," 

 and the abumlance of the giving depends 

 upon the ;imotiid of interi^st disjdayed in 

 the feast of color and form wlucdi is 

 spread continually before our eyes. 



CJERTRt'DK iil.AlK. 



SHOW PELARGONIUMS. 



Deserve Greater Popularity. 



While less ]i()pular in America than the 

 zonal ])(dargoniunis, owing to our hot 

 summers, there weidd seem to be no good 

 reason why more of the show and decora- 

 tive section could not bo grown and dis- 

 jiosed of by commercial growers, ])ro- 

 \ ided good varieties are se<'ured. A well 

 grown batidi of T.ady AVashington gera- 

 inums, to use a fanuliar tith; whi(di has 

 been given them here, at once elicits 

 j)a'ans of jir.aise from all wlio see them, 

 and an e.\|)ression oftt'u heard is, * ' Why 

 cannot 1 grow these in my house?" 



In luii'ope they .are everyl)ody 's plant, 

 being grown in imnu'nse numbers for 

 market, and there are few of even the 

 humlilesi cottayeis who do not carrv at 



Show Pelargonium Mme.^Thibaut. 



