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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNB 29, 1011; 



house, instead of in the store. At holi- 

 day times, especially, such a conve- 

 nience is of value. 



But these features depend entirely 

 on the width and depth of the lot. The 

 plans must be altered to meet the needs 

 of each individual case. But the style 

 of construction can be followed, no 

 matter what the adaptations. 



Details of Construction. 



Now for more definite detail of con- 

 struction. The wood columns in the 



Section Plan for Flower Store. 



(Scale 's-inch to one foot.) 



front are merely ornamental coverings, 

 the actual load being carried by slen- 

 der pillars of iron pipe within the hol- 

 low woodwork. Plate glass with green 

 copper frames makes the bulk window. 

 The panel work at the base of this is 

 of this same green copper. At the 

 line of the springing of the arches an 

 upper floor is laid in the window. 

 Here more plants can be set or fancy 

 articles from the stock of florists' sup- 

 plies can be shown. Over to the right 

 of the entrance is a small show win- 

 dow, a plate glass mirror backing this 

 up and doubling its eflfectiveness. The 

 lot width has been taken as sixteen 

 feet, about the average size of small, 

 single-store frontages. There is no 

 reason, however, why a front of 

 greater size might not use this design 

 by adding a third archway, holding 

 another show window. 



The window-box over the arches is 

 covered by green copper. An iron 

 water pipe full of small holes runs 

 along this, with valve connection with 

 the plumbing, giving the means of 

 watering the plants in the box without 

 effort. The box should have proper 

 drainage, surplus water escaping by a 

 drain pipe to the roof gutter. 



Instead of a flat roof, we have one 

 with considerable pitch. This allows 

 an effective arching of the ceiling, far 

 more beautiful than the usual level 

 affair, and less expensive, since the 

 side walls of the building may be kept 

 comparatively low. 



Workroom and Conservatory. 



There is nothing of note about the 

 basement, save that it extends under 

 the sidewalk and is lighted by prism 

 glass. Here the workroom and storage 

 rooms will be located, if it is more con- 



venient to place the workroom there 

 than to extend the building and locate 

 it on the street level. In the basement, 

 also, is a small hot water heater to 

 warm store and conservatory. 



One point about the conservatory: 

 Its location at left or right will de- 

 pend naturally on the exposure, and 

 the elaborateness of the construction 

 will depend on the view from the 

 street. If placed on the opposite side 

 of the rear entrance from the one 

 shown, it would be well if the entrance 

 of the store also should be set over. 

 This cannot be done if the store hap- 

 pens to be on the corner, but in that 

 case a number of other modifications 

 will be necessary. The point in having 

 the store entrance directly opposite the 



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SIDEWALK 



Floor P*Ian for Flower Store. 



(Scale 'e-lnch to one foot ) 



doors to the conservatory is to provide 

 as long a view as possible for the cus- 

 tomer opening the door. 



Color Scheme and Lighting. 



The outside color scheme is in three 

 tones: Dark brownish-red bricks, verdi- 

 gris-green copper and cream white col- 

 umns. The inside, however, is buff, 

 sand-finished plaster and white enamel. 

 But the floor should be of large, square 

 red tiles. These tiles, though, should 

 not extend behind the counter, if there 

 is one. Nothing but ordinary pine 

 flooring goes there, else the sales peo- 



ple will be needlessly lamed and tired 

 from standing on a hard, inelastic sur- 

 face. 



The hghting question deserves care- 

 ful consideration, but it depends much 

 on local conditions. At any rate, there 

 should be a series of small electric 

 bulbs, green and white alternately, 

 along between the brackets of the win- 

 dow-box over the front. These lights 

 will be extremely effective peeping 

 through the foliage of the trailing 

 plants. For the windows small Tung- 

 sten lamps should be set in reflectors 

 along the top, to throw the illumination 

 downward and not outward, into the 

 eyes of passers-by. Within the store a 

 line of similar lamps could be hidden 

 over the cornice, casting their light up 

 against the arched ceiling, from which 

 it is then reflected down. This method 

 is being used very successfully in fac- 

 tories, where it gives a pleasant, dif- 

 fused effect, while at the same time 

 affording adequate illumination. Finally, 

 of course, there should be plenty of 

 lamps in the conservatory. 



Estimating the Cost. 



It is useless to give any estimate of 

 the cost of such a building, for prices 

 vary enormously in different sections 

 of the country, in addition to which 

 practically everyone who makes use of 

 the suggestions here given will make 

 different modifications of the plans to 

 meet his own needs. But if these pages 

 are taken to a local architect he can 

 readily make such adaptations as are 

 needed and can prepare an approximate 

 estimate of the cost that will be close 

 enough to show whether the advantages 

 of having, next season, a store with an 

 individuality make it worth while 

 going on with the work. 



Detail of Front for Flower Store. 

 (Scale 'g-lnch to one foot.) 



