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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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(•(iiistiiictcd, I do not want to condoiu 

 this iiictliod entirely. H. S. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



THE CHRISTMAS TABLES. 



The Christmas talile decorations will 

 {■all for the use of red and green in the 

 sh;idi's of tlie jxdiiscttia and iioUy. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 [irodncfcl from a photograpli showing a 

 ' hiistnins (hcoialion liy llic Bell Floral 

 (ii.. Franklin, I'a. This was in the diu- 

 iriL'' room of tlif \'cnango Club at Oil 

 • ily and was all in poinsettias and 

 < liristnias Itclls. The largo dome light 

 .i\i'r lhc lalih' was t I'ansfonni'd into a 

 large lirll, using red lifcch sprays, small 

 Chi'istmas hells ami poinsettias. In tin; 

 center of the latilc there lay a large ball 

 of l)o.\\\()0(| an(| ri(| immoi'tell(>s, with 

 widi' h(dly-ii'd vililKiii ia(|iatiiig frcim it. 

 each rililioii lia\ing ;i lar^ie ddulde how at 

 the I'dge of the table. .Midway betwiH'U 

 the eenter and e;ich enil ot' th(> oval table 

 tliere \\:is a liasket (d' judnscttias. The 

 green n^ed was smila.x. 



Siieh a decoration as this is stisceptible 

 to inodi(i<'at i(in te tit almost any eiuidi- 

 lion and it afl'urd- a striking and jdeas- 

 iw^ \ariatinn t'rom tlir classes of mate 

 ri;il nsecl in this wiok at other seasuns. 



VAPOR ON SHOW WINDOWS. 



In our llowcr stm-e we ii.-c a gas stuve 

 t'or heating in the real'. How can we 

 prexmt tlii' window t'l'nm ^et r ing covered 

 wilii moi'-tnre. wiliinui h<';iiint: the fiont 

 of the store.' 1< tlieie something with 

 which We rouhi lidi or w;i<|i the window. 

 HI older III prevent this.' ( i. M. N. \- .'<. 



Tile sii'.-nni iig ot' the window^ in anv 

 ^tore is due to the watery \apors in the 

 atmospheri' beconnng condensed. Tins 

 comlens.'it ion is brought ;diont li\- the 

 \ a pors coming in contact with t he w in<low 

 gla>s, whi(di i^ ((ddcr than the interior 

 of the looni. In a llowci' store the air 

 is mui^^ually damp; therrtore we all ex 

 pei-icnce much iidulile with fro-t on our 

 windows, e-]ji'i-i;dly dnriny tlie (•oMost 

 days. Just wlien .-i )jretty window, with 

 It-- llowcis and ]ilanls. would ap|pe;il 

 strongly to tlie p;i<<ei' liv. haver after 

 hiyer ot' tlii'- nioi'-tnre tlce/es on the 

 window, and it i.^ -onii I'onled with jee. 



esperinlly at the bottom. l|ie liioislliro 



ninni ng dow n i he o|;]s>. 



.\ lit! le Iie,-It in t he flolil <,\' I he -.to|-e 

 Would do no j.;oiid. \ n\] Wiillld lia\e to 

 oef the air ijiiite w;nni lielnre t lie lro~^l 

 oil t he Lilas^ w.pidd I h;i\'. . 



< ine way of ]Oe\eiiling tlie ^le.-inniiL; 

 is by (■.•inline ;i |i:ivs:i;^e nl' .-lir on the 



inside of the window. i-|ese lo the e|;|v< 



Tlii'-; m;iv bc> .•ircoiii|ili-lied willi small 

 \entilaIois ;it tlie top ol the window or 

 Just below the gl;iss. in the l'r;inie, it' 

 lliere is one. 



A solution fif two thirds alcohid ;iiid 

 oiiethiiil glycerine, .aiiplieil Ijohtly to the 

 glass with a sjii'iiui' or idoih, will |ii(\eiit 

 the frec/ing ol' the moi--iiiie. Iiul I have 

 I'ouud this a nili^.'i liei' ;il-(i. ;i> ihe window 

 is not cde.-ir when co;i1ed ill ilii< maimer. 



.\fler mihdl e\|iel ieiice. | |i:i\e toillld 

 the be~l leinedv to be cipld W:iter a|ildiec| 

 • 'leeh to the gla^--. Take ;i viiiiill \\;iter 



iiig can or a sprayer and tlow some cold 

 water down the inside of the window. 

 l)oing this on<-e or twice a day, usually 

 towaril evening, will be sulli(Ment. If 

 your window is so constructed tli.at water 

 cannot be ajiplied fre(dy, then 1 would 

 suggest that you wipe oti' the steam with 

 a sponge or (doth saturated with c(dd 

 w.ater. 



It has been suggested tluit thi' only 

 sui'e reUH'dy fol' the trouble wr expe- 

 lii'Uce in wiiitei' with frost on the glass, 

 is to ha\ c the window constructeil the 

 same as a florist's nd'rigei'.ator door; 

 that is, two lights of glass with an air 

 s]pa<'e lietween. This I hardly think 

 pr.act ii-;il Avitli a Large window. In the 

 fil'st )dace. the s|iacc between must be per 

 fectly jiir-tight. and even then, in lime, 

 the glass inside will gel ilirty aiol will 

 have to be (deaiU'tl. Still, never having 

 had .any experience with ,a window --io 



A Letter From President Valentine. 



.\s the year is fast drawing to a do-.. 

 I hope yon will not fe(d it an inflictio 

 if i address a few words to yon bcfoi 

 ste|pping down and out. 



The nH)st m)te\vorthy work accon 

 plished by our soidety during the yc.i 

 was the securing of a revision of th 

 tarilf ill relati(ui to bulbs. The dut - 

 is now baseil upon the number .and no 

 the \aliie of the bulbs. 'i'his is simph 

 tends to the importation of a blotter a\ 

 er.age grade .ami does .away with the ac 

 cusations of sharp jiractices by remov 

 ing the inducement ;ind the oi)iK)rtunity 

 ruder the old .arr.angement the honesi 

 ini|iorter was handicapped, but now li. 

 starts fr(Mn the scrat(di. 



This alone is mmdi, but it is significain 

 of more. It means that this societ < 

 li.as been ;ible to secure .attention in th 

 halls of ( '(mgi'(\ss .and, still moi'e. to ha\. 

 it apparent that the weight of its inliu 

 ence is cast on the side ot' honest aim 

 upright methods. 



Now th.at tlie soidety li.as .accitniplisliee 

 so nnudi ill this dii-ecdion, let us make it 

 a continuing h.abit to do things that nee 

 doiii-;-. 



Cyclamen in a White China Pot. 



