The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 20, 1000. 



yot, ill the strictest sense, he \vlio copies 

 is HIP desij^ner. Alter f^'ettiiii; tlio scheme 

 lit' tlie lines wiiich a jiiiint or a branch 

 and I'oliagte nialte, he may follow it ex- 

 actly, but it' ho has individuality he will 

 extend some of the lines, shorten others, 

 leave out some, clianjxo the curves on 

 some, add some lines, but all will con- 

 form to the original grouping. 



To illustrate: lie may need a new de- 

 si<in scheme lor a rose spray, and, as he 

 looks about in the garden, a small shrub 

 witli long, slender brandies appeals to 

 him as a graceful suggestion. It may 

 lie a shrub of not over three feet in 

 height, with as many as seven branches, 

 ;iiid ail told it mny be no larger than an 

 ordinary casket sjiray. If he is a blun- 

 dering designer lie will try to make 

 seven br:iiiclies to his spray, ail headed 

 the same way, and he and everybody else 

 will lie dissatislied with the result. He 

 will jirojiably go back to some old 

 scheme whk-U he has used befori'. But, 

 on the otiier hand, if he is a clever de- 

 signer he will remendier that the bush 

 has tin all round space in which to 

 spread itself, but that his spray has 

 (inly a ll;it surface <in which to disport 

 itself. He will then sensibly cut out 

 aluMit (Hie iiiilt (if the branches and 

 slierten another, and his jiroduct will be 

 a loos( spiay with two or thri'e ti[>s ot 

 uneven length, well separated, and it will 

 be fr(sh and attractive. 



Where Taste Enters. 



Where to draw the line, \\hat to adopt 

 and now much to r(>jecl, is where souk' 

 halting oidniou may cause trouble. But 

 Just at this point, Taste enters and in 

 her luminous presence things appear as 

 they shoidd lie. Taste may be culti- 

 xat'ed. but a germ of the bliiul instinct 

 must be inlxirn in the designer. To 

 illustrate by other examples: A clover 

 he;ul as a depii;n is beautiful of itself, 

 but when we come to transplant it bod- 

 ily iiiio a desiyn jilaii, there is another 

 |iny./l>r. If one attemjits to construct a 

 iiiuid bouijuet like a clover head he will 

 carry out a ridiculous extreme, but if he 

 singles out the outline of a single flow- 

 eret from the (dover liead and makes a 

 spray of small (lowers after its j)attern, 

 he will lia\(' a jiieco of unist daiidy de- 



Ai^ain. make an outline of an oak leaf 

 an(l use it as .above for an aster or m\im 

 s|iray. Add a. few i^ak lea\es with the 

 llowers. to complete the uniformity of 

 th(> design. 



Simplify, then: take a fractional part 

 of a natural form as a starter for ;i de- 

 sij;n. ISccause ti ini\c cone is ;i natural 

 form is no reason why it should become 

 the ideal for a biide's bon(|uet, but it 

 is a suggest i\e idea for a drop decora- 

 ti\e feature in a festoon or other wall 

 dccor.ation. 



The Intricate Design. 



I lit ric.-ite t'oiiiis '^lioulil sehlom be 

 ado|iteil boilily. The (|ilestion Some 

 limes ociiir^. '"'all a decorative ](iec(^ 

 lie tOd clalioi'ate if the <lesigning is ciir- 

 rect.''" ^\'l|(■n you e.\aniiiie some of the 

 details of the carving on a few of the 

 f.amoiis buildings of the oM world and 

 hear their ]>raises ^iiiig by the best 

 critics of all ages, you are tempte(| to 

 cultivate an appetite for comjdicated de- 

 sign. But most (lowers are complicated 

 designs, to begin with, and exceiit in 

 cases where the space is large and the 

 view dear for a long distance, the com- 

 plicated designing ha<l better be ruled 

 out. A warrant for elaVmratc designing 



is fouiul, however, in the complicated 

 series of color markings of many (lowers. 

 Many people object to nmssing flowers 

 and solid funeral pieces, as being un- 

 natural. Most emjihatically, it is not 

 unii.atural. Jt is (piite natural and one 

 can easily sec; examples of it every- 

 where. Trees are clustered together in 

 groves. Flowers belonging to the com 

 posite order are fairly packed together, 

 as in the (dover, sunflower and corn 

 flower. Massive work can be made 

 Ix^autiful if jirojierly decorated, but a 

 designer should not allow himself to fol- 

 low this style to the neglect of others. 



Freedom and Its Limits. 



'J'he fact of the existence of untrue 

 corresponding sides of leaves and plants 



NOTICE 



Certain florists of this city in solicit- 

 ing orders for flowers for funerals arc 

 so lost in tluir /.cal to obtain business as 

 to fail lo .ipprcriate (he auienitics dtic 

 th<^ Rricf stricken, and inconsiderately 

 intrude themselves or their grasping 

 representatives on families suffering 

 from the shock incident to the loss of 

 those lu^ar and dear to tbeni. These 

 ghouLs of the business are frequently 

 rebuked by the indignant mourners and 

 friends of the deceased, but their ac- 

 tions sometimes tend to create a false 

 impression of the methods employed in 

 the flowef business, and those of us 

 who conduct our efforts along legiti- 

 mate lines are often unjustifiably criti- 

 ciscl. We appreciate that flowers as a 

 gift ar'e usually the best external cvi- 

 dcnce that persons have of showing 

 their sentiments towards the departed 

 and their family, but wd most emphati- 

 cally disapprove of the tactics employed 

 by the inconsiderate element referred 

 to. Their importunities have grown 

 akin to a common nuisaiice, and my 

 purpose in writing this letter in behalf 

 of my fellow -florists is to ask the public 

 to aid t'hc reputable dealers in our ef- 

 forts to correct the abuses by givinff 

 short shrift to these objectionable 

 solicitors. Youra truly, 



Newspaper Advertisement Against 

 Crepe Chasers. 



encourages freedom in desigiung and 

 trinuning. However, there nuist be 

 found in every floral desi<in a certain 

 balance and poise, even although it may 

 not be evident at first glance. But where 

 a jirominent feature bends out to one 

 sid(>, a eorrc'spoiiding jiart shonhl project 

 somehow in the opposite directi(jn. The 

 fulcrum should be at the center of the 

 pii>c(^. and the ti[is of the opjiosite points 

 should be soniew Ikmc in':ir etpial dis- 

 tances from \\\o center. 



The principal dKHculty. tliiMi, is adapt- 

 ing the correct (lesion to the occasion. 

 No iiile for this can be fouml except 

 that rare gift, common sense, guided by 

 at least a glimmer of natural taste. 



(iKnTcriiK P.1.VI1;. 



GALVIN ON CREPE CHASING. 



The Thomas F. Calvin corjioration at 

 Boston purposes to discotirage the prac- 

 tice designated as crepe chasing, in an 

 open letter, pulilishe'l as an ailvertisc- 



ment in the Boston dailies, Mr. Ga! 

 says the j)ractice has grown until 

 importunities of the solicitors have 

 come akin to a (omnion nuisance. He 

 lieves that the hght of publicity let in 

 the practice will serve to correct 

 abus(! and at tho same time will reli 

 the better grade of florists from 

 stigma which attaches to all florists 

 cause of the despicable methods pi 

 ticed by those on the fringe of the tra 

 no florist deserving of the name obtru 

 himself upon any family in time 

 death; he must wait until he is calleii 



THE SIOUX CITY GATES. 



The gates fijar shown in the ace 

 panying illustration was made at 

 store of Rocklin (.^ Lehman at Sioux < 

 for the recent funeral of a railroai 

 and one of the florists' hardest probl( 

 was how to dis|iose of the inscript 

 which was demanded. The commit 

 that collected the money for the desi 

 insisted ujKin the inscription: " S_\ 

 jiathy of the employees of the Oni:' 

 shops," which is a whole lot to put 

 any floral piece. Kocklin & Lehman 

 com[ilished the task by using gold 1 

 ters on a long streamer of ribbon, 

 shown ill the |iicture. The conventioi 

 gates design was varied liy adding a st 

 at the top and liy [lerdiing a dove on c 

 of the gates. The Hovvers used inclml 

 roses, carnations, sweet peas and lili' 

 the piece measuring five feet from 1k> 

 to star. 



July 22 .Michacd Kocklin bought ■■ 

 the interest of his partner, Julius T.' 

 man, and will continue the business : 

 dividually, but will rettiin the firm nai 

 without change. The second illustrati 

 shows the store front as it appeared " 

 day last week. The habitues of i 

 Chicago market will recogni/o Mr. Ro' 

 lin. He was for fourteen years with 

 H. Hunt and for two years with Bass. 

 & Washburn before going to Sioux ( 1 

 about a year ago to engage in busiii' 

 for himself. 



ASTER DISEASE. 



We are sending ;i diseased aster pla 

 IMease stitte what the disease is and 

 cause and cure, if possible. Since 

 have sent the entire [ilant it is hai 

 iH>cessary to tnake any remark as to ! 

 effect of the disease upon the jilant, es 

 cially as we take it that this is probai 

 a common disease of this flower. As > 

 see, it absolutely destroys the flower a 

 after it takes hold upon them, does a\' 

 with all chances for flowers. C. A. 1> 



'I'liere are three princijial diseases 

 asters. I'irst, root lice of a bluish ce 

 .attack the roots and cause the plants 

 wilt and die; second, stem-rot, shown 

 the wilting and fin;il dying down 

 atl'ected plants, the stems appearing 

 a <liirk color Just above the surface 

 the ground; third, the yellow disc: 

 which latter aiijiears to be the tron 

 yoii have. i'or any of these disease^ 

 is doubtful if there is ;iiiy re;il reni' 

 once th(' (lis(>ase has .appeared, nor i- 

 known v\itii any cert.ainty vvli.at cai; 

 either tlu^ stem rot or yellow disease. 



Tiie last named trouble causes 

 plants to have a somewhat stunted . 

 abnormal appearance. Any flov\ 

 formed usually are of a sickly yel 

 color and come malformed. Occasie 

 jilants will be found affected in this v 

 :ill over a bed and in practically ev 

 kind of soil. Investigations at the a: 

 cultural experiment stations of quite 



