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The Florists^ Review 



13 



Floral Arrangement (or Table, Shown by S. A. Frost, Toronto. 



the New York retailer, quotes a letter 

 received from a German line in regard 

 to an order addressed to a person 

 booked to sail, but who was not on 

 board when the steward came to de- 

 liver the flowers. It reads as follows: 



"S. S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie, east- 

 hound, April 21, 1914. 



"Parcel-check No. 4447. 



"We refer to your consignment of 



flowers addressed to in care of 



our above named steamer, and beg to 

 inform you that we have been advised 

 by the chief steward that this passen- 

 ger could not be located on board ship 

 and the flowers have been therefore 

 destroyed. 



' * We would thank you to kindly keep 

 notice on file in case of any inquiry 

 which might be made by your client." 



there will be no reflection of foreign 

 objects in the picture, but sun shining 

 on part of the window will throw the 

 rest of it into such darkness that the 

 camera will get nothing there. 



A method often adopted with good 

 success is as follows: Make a cloth 

 screen of black cambric, sufficiently 

 large to shut oflF all reflections when 

 raised before the window. Fasten the 

 two upper corners to poles, and when 

 about to take the picture have two 

 boys back of the camera. All reflec- 

 tions will be avoided, and a clear pic- 

 ture should result. 



BETArLEES' WORK AT TOBONTQ. 



In spite of display facilities not being 

 of the best, the work of the retail flo- 

 rists at the Canadian National ■ Exhibi- 

 tion, at Toronto, was of a high class. 

 The entries of the retailers were good 

 as a whole, and the exhibits of S. A. 

 Frost, of Toronto, were particularly ad- 

 mired. Among his prize-winnings Mr. 

 Frost was able to count the blue ribbons 

 in the classes for dec9rated tables and 

 for floral arrangements for table?. His 

 exhibit in the latter class, which is 

 shown in the illustration on this page, 

 contained speciosum lilies, valley, ferns 

 and gypsophila. For decorative effect 

 pieces of coral and seaweed were used. 



A non-competitive exhibit displayed 

 by Mr. Frost that was exceedingly strik- 

 ing was a life-sized representation of 

 two war-horses drawing a ehariot and 

 driven by a female figure representing 

 Britannia. The horses were covered 

 with magnolia leaves and theXchariot 

 with moss, and ferns and palim^jvAxe 

 used to set off the design, which is 

 shown in one of the accompanying illus- 

 trations. 



TO VISIT INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 tion has extended, through its secre- 

 tary, an invitation for the Illinois State 

 Florists ' Association to meet with them 

 at the annual chrysanthemum exhibi- 

 tion of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America at Indianapolis, Ind., Novem- 

 ber 6 to 8, 1914, and be its guests at 

 a banquet on the evening of Novem- 

 ber 6. 



There will be a meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee of the Illinois State Flo- 

 rists' Association on the morning of 

 November 7, to arrange a date and 

 place for the next annual meeting. 



This is an opportune time to take a 

 few days' vacation and greet our old 

 friends and neighbors. So don't miss 

 it. Be sure to come. Let's make a 

 good showing and cheer our Hoosier 

 friends. .T. F. Ammann, Sec'y. 



TO PHOTOGBAPH A WINDOW. 



Many expert photographers, as well 

 as most florists, do not know how to 

 overcome tlie reflections on the glass 

 when taking photographs of window 

 displays. 



If there is a broad street before the 

 window, it will be almost impossible 

 to take a picture by day; it is always 

 darker in the window than it is out- 

 side, and the opposite condition should 

 prevail. But you can get it at night. See 

 that the electric lights, while flooding 

 the window, are themselves hidden 

 trom the street. If you . have a good 

 •ens, from ten to thirty minutes' ex- 

 posure will be enough. People can 

 walk between the camera and the win- 

 dow without injuring the picture — pro- 

 vided they don't stop. 

 . A good time to phbtograph a window 

 »8 just before siPi|Afle. The light is 

 strong and penetrating, and a good 

 picture will usually result. If the win- 

 'low is darker than the street, the glass 

 ■lets as; a' mirror, reflecting "everything 

 on the opposite side of the street. If 

 the sun shines on the window and the 

 opposite side of the street is dark. 



Novel Display of S. A. Frost, Toronto, A the Canadian National Ezhibitioo. 



