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The Florists' Review 



19 



Th6 Diamond Design for Bedding on a Single Grave. 



the liijilu'i-piiccil contract; iiidccil, tlic 

 fjreatcr lisli is oiio of tlio sound, Just 

 reasons for tlio jjroatcr |>rofit, hut tlic 

 shrewd, wide-awake tiorist makes jjto- 

 visions against tlie risks and minimizes 

 them. That is wliere the Itrainy. eiier- 

 flPtic florist has the atlvanta>;e over the 

 other sort of Horist. 



Caijiet l)ed<iin<;' may he too exjK>nsi\t' 

 for tiistomers of scanty means, hut if 

 the j.eojde in a llorist 's iiei<ihl)oriiood 

 are fairly j.rosiierons. if they are 

 neither [xior nor penurious, there is no 

 {jood I'eason wliy carpet h(><ldin;,f shouhl 

 not he popular and profitahle in such a 

 community. Let tli." florist do the 

 planting,' in such a manner a< will in 

 i-rease his reputation and increase the 

 demand for the work, and let him 

 char^M' su'-li jirices as will insure liiiii a 

 satisfactory profit. .\[any cf his |ia- 

 troiis are so const itutecl that tliey will 

 jia\ flic niniic> niiiic willini:l,\ if tiic 

 jiri<-c^ .-in' liiLili cikuil:!! fn prevent Tnin. 



I)i<-k and llaii\. ilic | r nrii^li hm -. 



fruin |ii c-iirriiiiu: t" in. inline ui I lie s;iliie 

 IllMirv . 



The Plants Used. 



( )ii(' of t he Mi'i^l iHiI i.-e;ihle :mpI pl.'.'i,- 

 in;: cliaiactei i-t ir- d I lie 'jiaxe plant 

 in^ at i;ii>eliill 1^ llie -in.-ill riiiiiiher el' 

 \arietie- of plant- lll.lt ;ife ll-ed. 'I'iie 

 sto.-lx III' lii;itel i;il- fur the h'u-eliijl i ;n 

 pet l.eddillL; enh-.i-t> p r I lie I p;i llv <>\' al 

 tei m:i III liei ;i- in tw.i edlei-. -;i lit i d i i,:i ■- 

 ;ill,l e.dieV ei i;i~; the la-t li:illie.| pl.-Mlt- 

 :ire li I'lpe-iit 1\ 1. iieu ii a- lien .-i ml r hi. k 

 ,.|IS. 'I'he hlllK nl' the W ( 1 1 k . iil iiMII-i', 

 is dene \\ It h :i!te' n.-ni! ln" :i'-. The -;i n 

 toliii;i- an.l .'.■ he\ ei in-, with their whit 



ish <il neill I :ll ■ ..I'll -. .-I 1 e ll-i'd llie-t 1\ III 

 the tel III el kel .lei - el e.l^jlIlL'- ei t I :e- 



in^s, jriaceful little lines of Vioundary 

 or dcMiiarcation. In no other part of 

 the work, immIkijis, is there "greater op- 

 [lortuiuty for efTfctive display of skill 

 than in the use of these slender, j^rayish 

 white, silvery c;reen or hluish jjreen 

 lines of santolinas or eche\erias. whitdi 

 enli\'en and enricdi harmonious colors 

 and se|(arate (liscorilant colors to keep 

 thtMU from (|uarrtdiiie aint scre;iminj^. 



In tht> tnajority of the Kostdiill heds 

 only two colors of altern;intheras ari' 

 used, red and y(dlow. Besides the red 

 and Ncllow sorts, two other \iiriet ies. 



Alternant liera rosea and A. xersictdor, 

 occasionally appe.ar in the plantine, hut 

 the ()crasinn< are r;ire. The favcrite 

 re.l alternant lieias at K'osidiill have usu- 

 ;ill\ heeii A. paronycdrhudes major and 

 .\. hn lli;inl i-siiiia. The xiriille.l y(dlow 

 ones are A. aurea nana, the cnler of 

 wliieh. as most of the renders know, 

 really shows \;iiyiiiy pidpeitions of yel- 

 low and yreen, aci-ordine- in the season 

 of the year and the amcjunt .d' sunsliine. 

 In the K'os(diill heds the laiue e(dn'\('rias 

 the hens, let us say -are usii;ill,\ K. 

 metallica. Tin' small ones or < liickeiia 

 — are I'", secuinla elaiica. 



Blanket Design, for Two Graves, 



l)escrihiiie the heils in the (U'.ler in 

 wliiidi they occur in the illustrations, 

 the first one is what is termed a hlaii- 

 ket desien, for two ^^ravcs. It is sup- 

 posed to leprosent a j.jreeii eroinulu ork', 

 with a reddish colored hianket thrown 

 (ncr it. JJence the trian^^iilar sjiaces in 

 the four coi'iiers, (Uitsiile the lines of 

 'echexcrias, are fille<l with ereenisli yel- 

 low plants, Altcrnantliera aurea nana, 

 while the main part of the hed is filled 

 with reil alternantheras. In the niid<llo 

 of the liuj^e sjtace, howcvi'r. 's a desifjn 

 ill the sliajie of a four leaved clover, 

 filled primipally with Ivdiev cria SC- 

 ciiiida elauc;i, tlioueh it has an K. me- 

 tallica in the center and one K. De 

 Smetiana (U' .!•]. l'eaco(d\ii in ea(li ot" 

 the fiuir leaxcs or lohes. The hed, as 

 a wlnde, is encloseij hy a tiijde horder 

 --(■(die\ crias on the outside, ne.xt red 

 alternantheras ;ind then sant<dinas. 



At the farther side id' this carpet 

 hed is a round hed planted with caiuias 

 and two ^•al•ieties of jreraniunis. On 

 the (uitside are Mnie. Salleroi gera- 

 niums, next are S. A. Nutt ueraniiims, 

 and in the center are King Unnihert 

 cannas. 



Diamond Design, for One Grave. 



The st><'ond hed to he (lescrihed is 

 so simple in desif^u that it scarcely 

 needs description. It is what Mr. 

 Friietz calls a diamond desi^^ti for one 

 <,'ra\e. The ilianiond in the center of 

 the he<l is edjjed with santolinas and 

 filled with red alternantheras, surround- 

 in^r the single Ecdieveria metallica. The 

 lialf ijiamonds or triangular spaces at 

 each end of the hed are also filled with 

 re.l alternantheras. The other foui' 

 trianeles. with the santoli a;is on one 





The Maltese Cross Design Covering Two Graves. 



