Mav 26, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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PALMERS OBSERVATORY. 





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WindowlDecoration That Has Been Holding the Attention of the People of Buffalo. 



surely do not want to be neglectful. 

 Why not show equal respect to our fath- 

 ers and observe Fathers' day! The 

 following verses were taken from the 

 St. Louis Globe-Democrat, published the 

 day after Mothers' day. The one who 

 wrote them may agree with me in hav- 

 ing Fathers' day. A day in the fall 

 months might be considered." 



PORE OLE DAD. 



Yo can scarce pick up a paper 



An' Us "Poets' Corner" greet, 

 Cept ye'll see a pretty poem 



"Bout the mother, sa}ntly, sweet; 

 But you'll have a time a-searchln', 



Eyes will be er-achln' bad, 

 tre ye'll overtake a poem 



At this time for pore ole dad. 



No, It Isn't willful In 'em. 



Them that write of mother dear, 

 That there's never notice taken 



Of her old man settln' near. 

 No, it's never meant to slight him. 



Hut it looks a little sad— 

 -blithe bonnuets made for mother. 



Not a bloom for pore ole dad. 



True, our mother watched above us, 



'J 111 her dear old eyes would ache, 

 But old dad he humped to feed us 



Till his back would nearly break; 

 Mother cro<)ned above the cradle. 



Gave devotion, all she had, 

 Still that wasn't any circus 



At this time for pore ole dad! 



Do not take one line from mother 



When ye write the soul-sweet song, 

 But if there's a word for father 



Now and then It won't be wrong. 

 Pore old soul! He's bent and wrinkled, 



-*^n' I know 'twould make him glad. 

 It while you are praisln' mother 



Sometbln's said for pore ole dad. 



The Review is pleased with the won- 

 <1erful success of Mothers' day and 

 proud of the fact, that many florists 

 who profited by it give credit — perhaps 



even more than is due — to this paper 

 for having awakened the trade to its 

 possibilities; but as to Fathers' day — 

 well, the compiler of the Mothers' day 

 column is a father, not a mother; that 

 may account for an inability to enthuse 

 over this latest suggestion while enter- 

 ing whole-heartedly into the one "in 

 honor of the best mother who ever 

 lived — our own." 



FALMEB'S COMET. 



The Main street store of W. J. 

 Palmer & Sons, Buffalo, has been the 

 scene of many an attractive and novel 

 window decoration, but none ever has 

 achieved the success of the display 

 which has been on the last few days. 

 The accompanying illustration is repro- 

 duced from a remarkably good photo- 

 graph, considering that the picture was 

 made through the glass. It gives a 

 quit© fair idea of how successful the 

 attempt has been to take advantage of 

 the wide popular interest in Halley's 

 comet. The world is shown as a globe 

 of moss, with the western hemisphere 

 worked out in flowers, changed each 

 day. On the day the picture was taken 

 North and South Aftierica were in Kil- 

 larney roses, but the next day they 

 were in pansies and a different flower 

 has been used each morning. The comet 

 was represented by a ball of carna- 

 tions, and those who say they have 

 been unable to see the tail of the real 

 comet have had no such complaint to 

 make of Palmer's — for streiching be 



hind it is a big streamer of chiffon. It 

 will be recalled that on Wednesday, 

 May 18, the comet passed the earth. 

 Prior to that time the globe was on 

 the west side of the window and the 

 comet in the east. As the real comet 

 progressed, so did its representation in 

 the window, moving gradually until in 

 the evening it had passed the earth 

 and was streaming away to the west, 

 leaving the earth behind. The window 

 was the work of W. H. Grever, who has 

 charge of the window displays in the 

 Palmer stores. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Kindly tell me what the enclosed leaf 

 is from. The plant sends up new shoots 

 each year, but has had nothing but leaves 

 for the last five years. W. B. 



Send a portion of wood with the leaf 

 and we ca^^ probably name it for you. Is 

 it a herbaceous perennial, tree or shrub f 



C. W. 



Bockville, Conn. — William Moran, 

 formerly with Thomas F. Galvin, in 

 Boston, has taken a position with the 

 Rockville Floral Co. 



Helena, Mont.— The Helena Flower 

 Show Association was recently organ- 

 ized by women of this city. The asso- 

 ciation is planning to hold a flower 

 show here this summer, and will also 

 encourage the beautification of homes 

 \y offering prizes for the most attract- 

 ive yard. 



