The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Si:i'Ti:.Mni;it .!(), 1!K»!». 



The Seal of Minnesota in Flo^vers. 



t<il. Mr. .loliiisoii was ono of the 

 iiiaiknlilc iiH'ii (if the tiiiics. Born in \ ,■ 

 liuiiilplcst (irciiiiistiUict's, wliilc yet n 

 yoiin*;' iiianliood lio hi'caiiic ;i(i\ ciiioi' r 

 his state and lie was (Hnisidcii'd liy iii.i \ 

 as the li'ailiii<i- camlidato for tlir Den . 

 (latic nomination for tlic prcsidiMicy i 

 the I'liitcd States in I'tll". It, tl'ic 

 fore, \vas to lie expected tiiat liis siiihi ; 

 dealii wonid l)iin;> a laijie niunlier t 

 oich'i's for tlowers. 



The acconiiianyin^- illustr.-it ions sii. , 

 two of tiie desii^ns. sii])plied l)y Ifolm \ 

 Olson. One of these is a larye jjlaq • 

 (in an easel, the other a re])ro(luction ■ i 

 the st.ate seal. The i)la(|ue \\as \\. | 

 e.\eciite(l, the j^roiindwork beinj;' of win • 

 asters and the border of Killarney ro> s 

 .-ind ;;ladioli, \\ith Adiantum l''arleyen . 

 for yreen. hut the seal was an oxceptio 

 ■•illy j4oo(l jiiece of work. ]Maj(nol i 

 foliaijf, which all the siipjdy houses s. I 

 by the basket, rejjresented a laui I 

 \vr(>ath. The fjrouud w.'is of cainatioi . 

 pink Ixdow and white above. The (ij;ur 

 of the plowman and the Indian uu hors 

 back w(>ro worked out in red carnation 

 The little clumjis of trees were? of bo: 

 wood and as])ara<jiis. One of the be- 

 feature's of the work was the scroll at tli 

 to] I of the plain backfrround, in whii '. 

 the state motto was inscrilied. Of all th' 

 many excellent designs seen at the Stat^ 

 house, none showed more careful woiix 

 than this one. 



with A nicnc.-in r>c;nil\- msi-. iIimh is ihc 

 A iiicric.-iii r.canty i-jIiIhui. ;iir a U.^auiy 

 siiulitly (ift cojdi- Mtt.ii ii-si-ts all effort 

 to liai'in(iiii/.c with rilil"iiis. In thai (•;i^c, 

 if no red can be loi!n(i. liy a icntral ! 

 L;recn (ir a cli;i nyeabje red and ui'ceii. 



Willi l.-ir;^!', hc'iNV lliiw.Ms. wide ribbon 

 rather than iiarrow. and satin (ir other 

 liea\y riliJKiii i.ather than cliilVdn. is ;ip- 

 jiropiiate. Oiriibl rildions ai-e n-etiii also 

 for tlie -dtt, paste! e(i|(ir-. in ;;l;ii|ioli, 

 aslei- and niiiiiis, while the iiidire ;uitnmn 

 rililiMiis are the i i, he~t (il all tor yellow j 

 ;ind red autumn llowers. Changeable \ 

 yreeii .and ^ray t.alfctas ;ire excellent tor ' 

 carnations. i 



A ;i(»id sli.are et' the rilibdn stdck ' 

 shdiihl h • accorded t(i the ^cnilier greens. 

 That d'h's Udt iiie;in the dark ;:i-eens. but 

 ni"|-e .it' the ine'tiiiin .iiid lidlitci' greens , 

 ill sett neutral cdjurs. i;lii,. i^ ii,,t ,,tten , 



c.llled tul, but is a welcdiiie teiadi to ah ' 



all white sprav ><v desjon ti.r a child's i 

 Junei'.'d. A (duster of shuit lic.ws <i|' nai 

 row blin' rildxui with a few liic.|is ot \vliit( 

 chiifdii is cluldisli-I(i(ikii!L,f aN<.. 



The Chiffon. 



Ill ^eleetill;^ cililfnll ^Ii.ek ^lee| i|e:ll m( 

 'he MIMcIl lie||l,.,| rleill i,,n^ c;illed ein ! 



biiodered chilfoii-. Ilaxc nids' cf t i.ein 



I'f-.in, a rea--i. liable piMp.ji i imii ,,i the ! 



d"tte|. :iii,| ;i IV\\ c.i li veleele.l pii f ; 



tie' -iliiple etnlildidel 'd. Tiie-e .-i nd I lie j 



dcilcd .-lie ap|ii,,pii:ii,. i,,r |,|e,-'-v „ I,,,-), | 



'-•"iiliiii line l\,ri;io,. :,ii.| ll.,wei-~ like , 



,ir'>f'Sd|,|ij|.-| .-III I ,te\i:i. T!,,' e'liln-d ii( reij ' 



p;iltelllS -hnllj,! I,,. II-,. ,i x^il), I,, II, I . 



(It lld\\,.|s (,i!ly. :ii,,| ii,;i\ I,,, lived as a \eil 

 over a c,.!!ii:i^i imm ,-,,l..r in i iM.nn ,,t ihe i 



^■•I'U'' ^\ld! II. T!,i> -llen.e ■d-,, >j 1,] be | 



eniphiy,.,| il, :| |,ie,e ,,t ...|e kin, I ;||!d . 'hO ! 



"I ll>\'.el^. I !ii tiMii \eiii||o V. ill el ten re I 



'ivo'- Ilie SI icn:^tii .-mq -eir, ii 1 he In il ' 



liaiicv .>t' a nlilmn oliierwise useless, .V | 



tint and ^ii.ide dt' t he >.;inie .-d Id i are eft en i 



valuable l(.i;e|ie^ Id a siiiele rdldicd pi. ■••■ ; I 

 fur ex.-innile. use a liiilliant lidht er,.,.ii 



iv 'til a dark dli\ ■•. It w ill teiie I'mw n 1 he | 

 li,:iin and \ i, i ly the d;ir|-( r. 



C: III ,'-lu. Hi M';. 



DESIGNS FOR A GOVERNOR. 



The cleath (d' a ]>idilic man usu.ally 



brin;.s Id the retail thn'isis many orders 



• lesions that are out of the nv 



iiy. and su(h w;is the case at St. 



il las' Wi'ek, where the body of (!o\- 



>v .lohnson l;iv in state in Ihe <';ipi 



! t di 



dll! 



I 'a 



en 



A FUNERAL DESIGN. 



The ]>all shown in the acconiptinyiuj, 

 illnstr.itioii is of pure white tlowers r( 

 lieved by th«' pur|ile of a few orchid- 

 The aim in its arranjjement is to avoie 

 stilfiiess, so often seen. This coveriiiL 

 is as soft .and flexible as a blanket. Thrc 

 tiionsnnl lilies of the \iille\- were use. 



Design for the Funeral of the Governor of Minnesota. 



