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by use wlieilirr (UiU or velvet ones look 

 best with the piincipal llower in hand. 



Poi<;et-nie-nots, too, uhcro jiractical — ■ 

 that is, not liavini; to be shipped a louj,' 

 distance or made up o\erni<^ht — are el'- 

 I'cetixe in a biineb. 



As buds are appropriate j'or ilie youn^, 

 so is the lull blown rose I'or one in or 

 past the prime of lil'e. !''or the same 

 occasion a liall' dozen \\Jde open white 

 lu.ses- Hride, i belie\c wei'e ari'an>i;eil in 

 a careleae bunch (very carefully) at the 

 base of two straight cycas leaves, in the 

 natural state, with a few pieces of As- 

 paragus soandens deflcxus among the 

 idses and a ribbon, imrple chiffon, the 

 whole making a siini)l(' and ('lVci-ti\e ar- 

 rangement. 



When sending a number of pieces in 

 wirework or si)ray. or both, to the same 

 ]placc, we try to vary the work by sav- 

 ing a particular llower for a particular 

 )ueco, if possilile, not mixing all kinds 

 in every design. Or wc use different 

 ferns or foliage in the finish of the work, 

 if it is most practical to mix the llow- 

 crs somcw'iat in all. 



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THE PRAYER-BOOK MARKER. 



The accompanying illustration simws 

 the prayer-book marker used by the Bell 

 Floral Co., Franklin, I'a., at some of its 

 large weddings this season. There was 

 the time when, if the bride carried a 

 prayer book, it was a sign that the florist 

 lost out so far as that part of his order 

 went; at most she had only three or four 

 spikes of valley between the leaves of 

 the book, but 'the Bell Floral Co. has 

 elaborated the marker until it partakes 

 almost of the nature of a shower bou- 

 quet. The marker shown in the illustra- 

 tion ■^as of gardenias witii Farleyensc 

 fern, with a shower of valley. At one 

 of the recent weddings, where this 

 marker was used, there was an elaborate 

 lloral decoration. The local newspaper 

 gave much space to a description of tin- 

 florist's work and when it came io the 

 flowers carried, had this to say: 



•'The bouquets of the bride and her 

 young lady attendants were equally 

 striking. The bride carried an ivory 

 prayer Ijook. with a magnificent lloral 

 marker, fashioned of gardenias and Far- 

 leyensc fern, showered with lilies of the 

 valley. The liowers of the matron of 

 honor were an arm bouquet of white 

 roses and sweet peas, and the maid of 

 honor carried an arm bouquet of pink 

 roses and sweet peas. The arm bouquets 

 of the bridesmaids were pink roses and 

 white sweet peas, fastened with light 

 blue Dewdrop chiffon." 



The Bell Floral Co. feels highly 

 pleased with the success the prayer- 

 book marker has attained, because they 

 worked out the idea for themselves. 



ETHICS^OF THE FUNERAL TRADE. 



The Eeview- of July 121» contains, on 

 page 4, some interesting matter on crepo 

 chasing. The statements are good and 

 to the point, but to my view nothing 

 short of united effort on the part of the 

 reputable dealers, in a sort of boycott 

 deal with the unprincipled individuals 

 who are practicing this method of ob- 

 taining business, will be effective. I will 

 .say of our city, Jamestown, N. Y., that 

 the trade is clean on this score, but we 

 are tainted with the touch from the out- 

 side, -which stops at nothing to take trade 

 away from the reliable firms doing busi- 

 ness and paying taxes in our city. 



There is also, to my mind, another ob 

 Jectionable ]>r:ictice in vogue in the 

 t'nneral business. It is a cdnnnon prac 

 tice among tmdeitakers to exact twenty 

 per cei]t fi-oni tlie florists on all orders 

 turned o\-er to them. I'ersoiially, 1 am 

 not catering to any such trade, Ihmigh 1 

 have in the jiast fre()uently stood for it. 

 The door piece is their entering \v(>(lge; 

 then easily follows the soliciting of the 

 family order. I cannot see why an un 

 dertaker is any more entitled to share 

 the legitimate jirofits of the florist than 

 is the doctor oi' any other ]ierson. 1 

 think this matter shoidd be aired under 

 its projier head. F. A. DomiAX. 



WASHINGTON AUTO PARADE. ' 



After reading, with much interest, the 

 accounts in several of the trade papers of 

 tlie auto-floral-flag j)arade which we had 

 in Washington, July ."i, 1 notice that the 

 official report of the Judges has never 

 been printed. 



r would sugg(>st that the .judges' re 

 port would innke a valnabic <-li|iping t'oi- 



Bell's Prayer-book Marker. 



the scrap book, .-is it shows clearlv the 

 clas.sifications nmler which the p;nade 

 was divided, and in e\cHt of su<-li a 

 parade in another city this iiil'ortJiation 

 might be useful. 1 am therefore aj) 

 jiending hereto a condensed copv of the 

 official list of awards, which I trust von 

 will find space to print in your columns. 

 The names of the decor;itors of the m;i 

 chines have beiii nddeil liy iiii' as far as 

 I know. 



Swoi'pstnkos. fur tlir niipst licantiful car in 

 par.'Kio, a swan Imat. I •cnpijitcd by Blacki- 

 stoiie. 



For tlio iiiiiist lii'aiitifiil car driven by a 

 woman. Ik'coratiil hy lilackistonc. 



Class .\. jrasoliiif and steam cars -I'irst prize, 

 for can<iiiicd car. witli lar^'c l)asket of pink 

 UowTs on top. Di'oratod by (iiide Bros. Co. 



.Second prize, for wistaria arbor. Decorated 

 l)v Blacklstone. 



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Tiiird pri/.o. I'l 

 i-.ited by SlialVcr. 



I'oiirtli prize, .iwariied to four yount; 

 wearinK pink hals. riding in a car di , 

 witli pink and wliite. Hecorated by Bi 



I'iflli iirize, for niinia(nie autonioliilc 

 iTed witli sroen and ornaiuenlcd with 

 llowcrs. operated by two ebildren. li. 

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t'iass ]!, (dectric cars first prize, I".. 

 -IkII, operated liy .-i wnnjan dressed in 

 lieeoialed liy Blackistone. 



Second jtrize, for jed, wliite and lih 

 lirella over eai'. Decorated by Shaffer. 



I'liird prize, for car decorated in ri 

 wliite Ijody, blue wheels and electric liu 



Class C, coinmercial ears, trucks, w 

 eie. — First prize, for delivery wagon i] 

 in wliite and green clolh and roses, 

 raled by Gude Bros. Co. 



Second prize, fur car <leeorated with . 

 and p.-ilins and drawn by winged doves, 

 laled by Marelie & Co. 



Tliird prize, for airslii|i with tin pr'i. 

 Decorated by lilackistoiie. 



Class D. motorcycles, all classes— First 

 for two Indians. 



Second iirize, for cyclist w lio rode a ch 

 Ilie front of his machine. 



Third prize, for motorcyclist who dec 

 his niacliine in flags, forming a pyramid 



.Most nniqiie, grotesiine. or iiumorou- 

 Decorated by iShaffer. 



.Vdded attractions -- Silver loving cn|. 

 nated liy citizens' Didependence da.v eoi 

 tee, for any class of car most beam 

 decorated in American (lags oiUy, Uno\v 

 the "Old dory" prize, adornment in c 

 and white. Decorated by Gude Bros. ('• 



Blue ribbon, for decorator of the ear 

 niiig the sweepstakes prize, tlie swan 

 .nvarded to Blackistone. 



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DIGITALIS. 



Ill the K'KViEW of July lil', page '. 1 

 notice you mention that digitalis can hr 

 sown now for next year's flowering. Mow 

 can it be done? 1 have never been ilij. 



to get more than live per cent to \il> 



if sown this late; even the June sowinj;- 

 failed to make good, and how provol-iiii: 

 it is to sell to a customer a dozen it sc 

 of tine large plant.s in the spring and not 

 have them bloom that season! The .s.-niic 

 .thing happened with the Canterbury lulls 

 and jiovv I give these the whole season'- 

 growth and thus avoid trouble, but it 

 there is an easier way I should be ghol i" 

 benight bv it. ' E. C. ! 



The best mouths to sow digitalis 

 glovesj are May and June. Started ^' 

 I have never had any trouble in geti 

 strong plants which flowered well the 

 lowing year. I have sown them as 

 as ,luly 20, but a considerable proper 

 of the seedlings from these late sow 

 will not bloom. If you sowed digi 

 "hen first recommended in Season 

 .Suggestions, you will now have sti 

 plants in the field. The advice to so 

 late as .luly is intended for growers 

 had overlooked the sowing of these u" 

 perennials. 



Of course, those sowing late canno' 

 pect as good results with cither Cai 

 bury bells or digitalis as if they had - 

 ill May. For the greatest success • 

 sowing is advisable, but as you are a 

 it is difficult to make many growers 

 derstand the necessity of sowing, not 

 these perennials, but many other pi 

 .arly. C. ^ 



THE STOTT SPRAYER. 



In answer to the question in the 

 VIEW of July 29, in regard to the r 

 sprayer, which I consider the li 

 sprayer for roses and chrysanthemum 

 the market, there were only a lin. 

 number of them made and the only 

 firms that handle them, that I know 

 are the Stumpp & Walter Co., 50 Bar 

 street, New York, and li. & J. Farqm 

 South Market street, Boston, Mass. 

 Stott sprayer was made a few years 

 in two forms, single and double. 



Charles T. Beasi.k. 



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