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The Florists* Review 



SEPTEMBEn 19, 1912. 



over flowers below; a broad chiffon 

 bow which assumes the suggestion of 

 a veil over the flowers below, great 

 care being exercised in the choice of 

 color — a light, delicate tint over deeply 

 colored flowers, as light lavender or 

 pink over purple asters. 



Don't Overload the Handle. 



Of all things, don 't overload the han- 

 dle or cover it completely. This is the 

 greatest fault with most of the basket 

 work, both in the handle and body of 

 the basket. Leave some vacancies. Use 

 both long and short stems. Pay spe- 



An Unusual Bride't BouqueL 



cial attention to grouping, not allowing 

 over two or three groups in the basket. 

 Allow the slender stems to have their 

 way and fall out over the edge. Many 

 times a basket handle may be cut in 

 two and the ends fastened back in a 

 loop at the base of the handle. This 

 effect is often good with a broad, low 

 basket. 



A happy treatment for a basket as a 

 whole depends much upon the relation 

 between the filling of the body of the 

 basket and the handle decoration. If 

 low growing flowers or plants are used 

 in the basket and there is considerable 

 space below the handle, let its trim be 

 loose and showery. 



A Tall, Deep Basket. 



If the basket be tali and deep, use 

 long-stemmed flowers or plants. To 

 illustrate: Two generous groups of 

 gladioli will fill a basket of this de- 

 scription. Leave a vacancy in the cen- 

 ter; break a few stalks to hang down 

 from one side of the handle. Secure, or 

 appear to secure, the two gionjM to the 

 handles with sash ties of heavy ribbon. 

 Such a basket, used as a display piece, 

 may be sold on the spot for a funeral 

 tribute. My word for it, you are likely 

 to be asked to refill this same basket 

 several times during the season, for 

 cemetery decoration. 



If caught with a lot of undesirable 



shapes and colors of baskets, bend, cut 

 or reshape them. Recolor by painting, 

 covering or staining. Almost any old 

 basket can be whipped into condition. 



A basket for funeral work may be 

 beautifully finished with a dove deco- 

 ration. According to size and price, 

 use from one to half a dozen doves. 

 If a number are used, the grouping 

 must be skillful; otherwise the effect 

 will be ridiculous. 



In a word, use baskets for funerals 

 without much variation in style from 

 that which you intend for a window 

 display or reception table. 



Gertrude Blair. 



BOUQUET FOB A BBIDE. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a "different" bouquet for a bride — 

 nothing quite like it has come into the 

 office of The Beview. The materials 

 used include Kaiserin roses, valley, 

 chiffon and baby ribbon. In form the 

 bouquet is like a spray built on the 

 stems of the roses, the end of the spray 

 being tied with chiffon. The shower is 

 in two sections, attached, apparently, at 

 the point at which the chiffon is tied. 

 The arrangement was by the Summer- 

 field Floral Co., Springfield, Mo. It is 

 to be regretted the photograph was not 

 taken when the bride had the flowers 

 in her arm. Many retailers who find 

 the brides' bouquets the most difficult 

 flowers they have to arrange would 

 have been interested to see how this 

 bride managed her bouquet. 



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THE ELKS' DESiaN. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the design ordinarily made for the 

 funeral of an Elk. There are an in- 

 finite number of amplifications of this 

 arrangement, but this is the simple and 

 typical form. 



The clock must always be used in the 

 Elk design. The hour hand must point 

 to eleven and the minute hand to twelve. 

 It is at eleven o'clock that the great 

 brotherhood of Elks rises to the memory 

 of the departed members. The design 

 must also include the letters "B. P. 0. 

 E." and the lodge number. There are 

 dozens of ways in which the fiorist may 

 work these features into his design; it 

 all depends upon the sum of money at 

 his disposal. The design illustrated was 

 made by the J. L. Dillon Estate, Blooms- 

 burg, Pa. ^ 



SOAUB ON PALMS. 



We are having trouble with scale on 

 palms and other plants, and have one 

 house which needs quarantine treat- 

 ment, as we are afraid to put clean 

 stock into it. Would you recommend 

 using gas, and, if so, how strong? 

 Would you use it of the same strength 

 for thrips, red spider, etc.? Will you 

 kindly add the formula or refer us to 

 a date when it was published in The 

 Review? S. L. F. C. 



Fumigation with hydrocyanic acid 

 gas is rather risky treatment for palms, 

 and is quite likely to result in injury 

 to the young foliage. Fumigation with 

 nieotine paper will take care of the 

 thrips, if regttliiriy applied, and thor- 

 ough syringing with a good pressure 

 of water will dispose of red spider. 

 For scale a solution of sulpho-tobacco 

 soap, used as a dip, is giving good 

 satisfaction to those who use it system- 

 atically. 



You will find full instructions as to 

 the use of hydrocyanic acid gas on 

 page 16 of The Review of March 3, 

 1910. . / , -JA W. H. T. 



SINGLE VIOLETS DISEASED. 



I am sending, under separate cover, 

 a violet plant which is badly diseased 

 and which represents about three per 

 cent of the house. It is of the Princess 

 of Wales variety. The infected plants 

 last season produced imperfect flowers 

 until spring. Then the plants seemed 

 to improve and produced good flowers. 

 Would you advise throwing out the in- 

 fected plants? The conditions and soil 

 are the same throughout the beds in 

 coldframes. E. R. C. 



The sample plant, after its long jour- 

 ney from Oregon, was so badly decayed 

 that it was impossible to see just what 

 the disease was. I suppose, however, 

 it is the spot trouble, which is common 

 among violets, especially the doubles, 

 such as Marie Louise and Lady Hume 

 Campbell. If you have a small per- 

 centage of plants, diseased it would 

 certainly be the best policy to throw 

 them away. If all leaves were picked 

 off, new ones would probably be cleai^ 

 but flower production would be sparse 

 until spring. I am supposing that your 

 plants are still outdoors. It is a mis- 

 take to house the single violets until 



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