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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



September 8, 1910. 



the lighter colors might be planned like 

 these: Yellow chififon with gray for 

 white carnations; orange with white 

 for Paper "White narcissi; Nile green 

 with violet for Easter lilies; orange and 

 moss green for Golden Glow and the 

 deeper yellow chrysanthemums; light 

 yellow and moss green for the lighter 

 corn colored varieties. 



With a lavender spray of mums or 

 asters, try a rainbow tie of dotted chif- 

 fons, using lavender, yellow, pink and 

 red. They should be laid one over the 

 other and be tied without separating 

 the colors. It is the effect through 

 the different layers that will give the 

 desired touch. It is like the mixing 

 of paints; what would not be har- 

 monious as the colors would lie sidfe by 

 side, would make a wonderful color 

 mixed. In this case make a tie of all 

 bows, so as to keep the coloring under 

 cover, for if they were allowed to 

 fly in streamers the coloring would be 

 too apparent. 



Chiffon and Veiling. 



Chiffon as a veil can be worked in 

 with beautiful effect now and then. 

 Over a large spray or casket cover of 

 a rich, dark color throw two or three 



flower or among the foliage, and let the 

 ends fly out freely. 



A veil over a solid piece is a good 

 color help if correctly used. In the 

 case of a pillow this might be ex- 

 tended over the completed design and 

 allowed to remain from four to six 

 inches longer and wider than the pil- 

 low. Under this as a border, set in a 

 fringe of adiantums. Over the center 

 of the piece lay a loose spray without 

 a tie, or scatter a few roses promis- 

 cuously over the surface of the pil- 

 low, over the veil. Something new? 



For a child's funeral spray a large, 

 loose rosette of baby ribbon in the 

 center of a chiffon tie gives just the 

 simple touch wanted. According to 

 the flowers used, this may be either 

 pink or blue. "With all white flowers 

 the blue seems preferable. 



For the Sake of Variety. 



Have you tied sprays with square 

 bows, or short bows with long ties, 

 until you fear the public will tire of 

 the same old style? Then tie one more 

 with generous loops and extra long 

 ends for a double spray. Catch the 

 ends of the long ties with baby ribbon 

 and attach each end toward an end of 



A Well Placed and Appropriate Tie. 



long ends of wide chiffon or veiling of 

 a lig^t, contrasting tint; as, with Eich- 

 mond rosea use Nile green; with pur- 

 ple asters use light yellow or white 

 chiffon. Catch these long ends in place 

 with a tie of baby ribbon under a 



the spray, one end falling loosely over 

 the flowers, and the opposite one pass- 

 ing under the flowers and reappearing 

 at the end of the spray. Let the loops 

 where they are secured on the center of 

 the spray stand up quite noticeably. 



Embroidered chiffon over ribbon is a 

 good addition to an otherwise plain, 

 rich piece. It must be remembered, 

 however, that this kind of a combina- 

 tion changes the color of the ribbon, 

 and while the ribbon might be a good 

 blend with the flowers by itself, it 

 might not be so good when dulled some- 

 what by the veil of chiffon placed over 

 it. The veil lightens and dulls a bril- 

 liant color and sometimes entirely 

 changes its tone. Here is a place where 

 the critical eye must not grow sleepy. 

 But this rule works both ways, and 

 while the veiling with chiffon may dull 

 a brilliant color too much, it may sub- 

 due an overbrilliant color to just the 

 proper softness of tone, and thus re- 

 lieve us of some ribbon stock which 

 has been otherwise difficult to find a 

 legitimate use for. 



Dotted and embroidered chiffons are 

 especially good with garden heliotrope, 

 gypsophila, stevia and other fine, show- 

 ery flowers. 



Drapery for Window Decorations. 



Window decorations of the conven- 

 tional type often lack a finish and com- 

 pleteness which only a soft drapery 

 can give. Several lengths of wide chif- 

 fon, caught in light festoons over the 

 top of a mirror, or a few strokes of 

 silk drapery, or a velvet background, 

 give a character of distinction which 

 nothing else can supply. A light clus- 

 ter of long bows from the high handle 

 of a basket gives a delicate cast over 

 the flowers and is the nearest approach 

 to an atmosphere which can be cre- 

 ated in fabrics. 



It has become quite a practice to use 

 chiffon among green garlands in wed- 

 ding decorations. In such a case quan- 

 tities of wide chiffon should be used, 

 to avoid a stringy appearance, par- 

 ticularly if the room is large. The 

 softer greens, like greenhouse smilax 

 and asparagus, are to be preferred to 

 the woodier kinds, like wild smilax, 

 huckleberry, etc. The use of chiffon 

 and veiling in decorative work of this 

 kind is really very helpful, both as 

 to its artistic value and its cheap- 

 ness. 



Wedding Bells. 



Bell frames are hard to sell and ex- 

 pensive to fill with flowers, but they 

 will always be wanted in wedding 

 decorations, on account of their beau- 

 tiful sentiment; then why not experiment 

 upon other material than flowers for 

 filling and decorating them? Leaving 

 out of consideration a reasonably, but 

 only reasonably satisfactory covering 

 of green, why not cover them first 

 with cheesecloth inside and out, of 

 the proper color, and then add another 

 covering of chiffon of the same color? 



So far, neither so bad nor so good. 

 But cut enough long streamers of wide 

 chiffon of the same color as the cover- 

 ing to make a generous shower, like a 

 lot of bridal veils hanging suspended 

 from one point on the top of the bell. 

 Toward the lower ends of the stream- 

 ers put on a few bows, loops and chif- 

 fon butterflies. One large bell or a 

 group of different sizes may be treated 

 the same way. When suspended over 

 the bridal altar, catch up some of the 

 streamers with strings of smilax which 

 have proceeded from the same point as 

 the chiffon streamers on the top of the 

 bell, and after a while you can look 

 up into a soft, cloudy canopy of bells 



