August 11. l'.)10. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



11 



f without color tnct, liiip S(miol>()ily 

 -■ c has a little of it. If it; is really 

 ■ , essary to display tlowers of inharnio- 



e colors, separate tliem in some way, 

 •> ■. one in front and the ether as far 

 ;i y as jiossible — on(> prominent ami 

 ;. other retiring. I'olia'^e of one kind 

 :■> ; another is ii f^i/od iieiit ralizer for 

 : -; kind of work. 



Size and Fonu of Flowers. 



"iie third topie of this list is, the 

 :.t of iniinber of kinds and varieties 

 : be used together. As with the eolor 

 ; stion, it is almost im])ossible to lay 

 ,^ vn definite rules governing the llow- 

 f ■: which make harmonious combina- 

 ; ns, so far as si/.e and form arc con- 

 . • 'ned. Usually llowers of ubout one 

 5 e are best together. An e.xceptiou to 

 ; s is the employment of very large 

 ?.•: i very tiny flowers together, such as 

 ., ;es and violets. Tiius ecjual sizes and 

 f'T'remes of size are permissible, wliile 

 ; "se that arc nearer alike in size may 

 •!'j: be sui'li desirable combinations, un- 

 1 ;-s for other reasons. 



For other than color reasons, Ameri- 

 : .3 Beauties and daisies mak(! a poor 

 'Combination, having no similarity of 



• -m or style of foliage or llower. looses 



:'.:;d carnations are sometimes called for 



"^ sprays. While there is no special 



■~,orcl in their union, there is iiothiTig 



■•■ -atever to commend it. Lilies witii 

 : .'ips or hyacintiis are ideal. Phloxes 

 :<nM hydrangeas are equally good, pro- 

 > ^ed the coloring is harmonious; so, 

 ", ?c. are gladioli and hydrangeas, snap- 

 iragons and hydrangeas, ;is1ers ami 

 • '^-is. snapdragons and i)eas, carn.ations 

 i"''. peas, daisies and carnations, a!id. 

 : r a delightful combination of extremes 



• -■ size, auratums and peas. Where the 

 ;'\'ra large flowers and the extra sm;ill 

 Mies are used, do not mix without a 

 5xed plan frir their placi' ir. the design. 

 '■'i-'j ttiem for a shower, over tln' steins. 

 •" 'dlong the edges, for etnbroidered cf- 

 :-'"t3 on the wide (diilVon loops or encls, 



■ for bands or in ])la(e of ties. 



The Element of Individuality. 



riic fourth re(pii>ite for a good de~i^n 



the clement of imli\idnalily. that 



■ >-h (list injiuislies one jicrson 's work 



•n that of .another. This consists not 



"iome trilling mannerism repeated in 



ry pi(^c(' of Work |ir(iduced; it is not 



et style, but an nnnamable speaking 



of tlie personality. ;i giving of one"s 



' thought, which, like one's personal 



:ts of speecdi aiid demeanor, means 



rsclf and nobody else. 



wo things comi)ine to produce in- 



idual work: I'ir~.t. .an .ability to an- 



-^e anil understand tiie indix iduality 



each (lower and plant to be dealt 



*. : second, the ability to m.ake them 



Tk your thoughts in the .assemblage 



ch is called the design. '".Ml coons 



A aliK-(> to me.'' ' ' ^■e-:, .and all rosi's 



■me variety lo(d< alike to me." says 



■ebody. P.nt all coons did not bxdc 



;e to Un(de Remus; neither need .all 



larneys look alike to the interested 



dent. 



-''he distribution of color, the set of 



' flower, the turn of the stem, its 



B;th, the angles of the leaves, the un- 



iing of the petals— these are n few 



ngs which determine the individu- 



^-y of the flower. Thev have expres- 



na, contcnances and profiles. 



Which lialf of this subject has the 



^'•;ater weight in a good design, is left 



' the discrimination of the reader. 



Gertrude Blair. 



Home of the A. T. Bunyard Floral Co., New York. 



THE BUNYARD STORE. 



The .aci-ompanying ilbist r.at ion is re 

 lOdduced tidin a rei-ent plmt ogiajili ol 

 the building in wlii(di is lucated the 

 store of the .\. T. I!un\ard lloral ( o.. 

 New "N'ork. .\lfreil T. Iluiiv.ard has for 

 ye.ars 1 e<'n well known in tiie retail (Mid 

 of the business in New ^'olk. but it is 

 only a year since li(> started in business 



for hiniselt'. at M.adisoil a\'enlle. where 



forty ci^lit h street i nteiseii'-. He lias 

 ;in up to date |.l;ice .aiid is iiiiiUmil; pro,; 



WHICH LINE PAYS BEST? 



A ii'jeler 111' The lie\ ie\\ \\ ho ter 

 idi\ioiis rcasinis shall remain nameless. 

 Iiut who is liicateil in a tovvii of ilit.DOii 

 i 11 li.a iiit a nts and who does :i liii>iiii'ss of 

 from $lii.(Mi() to .*l"J.(»i)0 jier ye.ar. sends 

 the I'ldlowing statement and impiiry: 



''()\\i!i^' 111 the growth ot' Imsiness 

 aiiij Lack iif reoni. we tiiid that we sli;ill 

 sodu be iddigeil to gi\(> up either our 

 cut llower and d(>sign wnrk or the i:row 

 ing and sale of bedding pl.ants. 



''The ]ir(>sent business is di\ i(l(>il as 

 follows: Kighty per cent cut llowers 

 and designs, twenty per cent jilants. 

 etc. We lia\e eighty per cent of tln> 

 local cut flower and design business and 

 seventy ]ier cent of the jdant trade; 

 have about 12,000 feet of glass and arc 

 centrally located; have four competi- 

 tors, new .and old. 



"Local trade would not use all the 

 plants we could grow and it would 

 therefore necessitate «ome wlKdeisaling. 



! I 



I »ii the (Ptiier hand, we would still be 

 idiliged to buy sonu' of our cut flowers. 

 ■'The (piestion with us is .as to which 

 uanch i.- liesl te drop. While the cut 

 llower end is the most conlining, it is 

 piidiably the lu^st paying. We would 

 like to gi^t the o|iinion of some of the 

 ir.ade who have been obliged to take 

 this same step, as to what the outcome 

 h.is b(>en. which liin^ is the most desir- 

 able and is our 12,000 feet of glast 

 eiieii^ii to make the wludesale growing 

 nf pl;ints combined with local retail 

 ir.ade as jiaying ;i propt)sitioii as the 

 cut (lower end waniM be.' 



■■Would you think that the dropping 

 'it the plant trade would materially 

 .itVect oiir cut llower ami design busi- 

 ness?" 



The luniew is of the opinion that the 

 proper lanirse for this subscriber is to 

 Imilil more glass, even at the exi>ense 

 of a (diange in loc,ati(tn. If readers 

 ulio iiave m(>t .a similar problem will 

 -eiol in their views thev will be pub- 

 lisiied and, tio doiibt. read with interest 

 liy many besides tiiosc whose words are 

 ipioted above. 



Uxbrldge, Mass. — An addition is be- 

 ing built at the High Street Greenhouse 

 .and a new Kroesdiell boiler has arrived. 



Alexandria, Minn. — Mrs. Joseph Pen- 

 nar says that business in all depart- 

 ments of the trade was better last sea- 

 son than ever before, and that she is 

 lotdving for a further increase in the 

 approa<?hing season. 



