Maucji 11, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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THE STANDING ANCHOR. 



Tlic standing anchor is an ospccially 

 ofl'ectivc avrangcnient whore a large floral 

 jiiece is desired. The lower portion of 

 the anchor illustrated is made entirely of 

 J]aster lilies, and is bold and striking, 

 <lcnoting strength. The lines of the 

 upper portion are relieved by the cycas 

 li'aves at the back. Either Bride or 

 Kaisi'riii may be used effectively in the 

 iij)pt'r half. Avitli a few s|)rays nf lily of 

 the valley to add a touch of softness. 

 This is one of the designs of Charles 

 Henry Fox, at the Sign of the Rose, 

 Philadelphia. PniL. 



MAY SELL FLOWERS AFTER TEN. 



The state of New York has a law 

 prohibiting the sale of merchandise after 

 10 a. n). on Sunday, but the law nmkes 

 I wo e.\C(']itions — newspapers and flowers 

 — whicli may be sold at any hour of 

 ihe day or night. At P.ufTalo tlie news- 

 -lands that want to sell magazines, and 

 I lie delii-atessen stores, have organized 

 'o seek to have the Jaw amended and 

 the retail grocers have united in oppo- 

 sit ion. 



AIR PLANT BASKETS. 



1 .iin using a little idea in ilie way 

 of an air plant basket wliicli 1 like 

 inutli JH'tter than any I lia\(! srcii. and 1 

 thought it )night be of some interest 

 to othi-rs. as it sells n-adily in prefer- 

 'iH'c to other arrangements. 



(ill v,,iiii' nice, round, log-shapid pieces 

 of coik bark and saw them in pieces 

 about four or five inches h>ng. Fill 

 thesr with jirepared green juoss and hang 

 them on a light brass chain. (Jne or 

 more bunches of air plant, stciiuned on 

 1 toothpick and stuck in fairly high, so 

 as to give fullness to the center and 

 alsri hang over the sides, ^ixc ,i pleasing 

 ■IS well as rustic effect. 



Odds ami ends of' cork liaik c.-m also 

 lie used by taking sonu' sphagnum moss 

 ill a small lump ami jdacing the jiicc'es 

 <it' coik around it, fastening tlicm with a 

 liyht Mire and covering the tops and 

 lioftuni '.\itli the grcrii mo^s. Logs of 

 coik bark eight to twelve imhcs loug, 

 lilli'il Aviih s|ihagniiiii ami covcvfil with 

 l; 111 II iiio>-:, Iiiiiil; on a brass .liain and 

 lillid ^\itll air plaiit'^. make a seasonable 

 ■II raiieemeiit . :i^ \vell .-i-i .-i lasting .and 

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PURPLE LILAC POPULAR. 



i.e.-eliiig let.ail florists in London sav 

 ikat lil.M- in its n.'itural color h.as been 

 -teadily increasing iti popularity and the 

 lemauil t'or it tiiis season Wiiuld ap- 

 pear to be larger than in any previous 

 ve.ar. I'or a long jieriod it was the 

 practice to import the whole of the lilac 

 ilowers -;ent to T'ovent Garden during 

 the wiiitiu' from l''i-:ince. and these were 

 invari.'ibly white. These flowers were 

 not, however, those of one of the white 

 lilacs, but of the connnon lilac, or of one 

 ■ it' the two fine forms ('liarle^^ X or Dr. 



Lindley. The flowers of these, when the 

 plants are forced in a high temperature 

 and a subdued light, lose their normal 

 color and develop white. Of late years 

 the forcing of lilacs has l)een greatly 

 (>.\tended in Kngland, and large quan- 

 tifies of the fragrant blossom in its natu- 

 lal color, in addition to liberal supplies 

 of white lil.ac, are tinnually sent to the 

 flower m.arkets. The soft coloring f)f 

 the flowers of smdi Varieties as ('liiirles X 



(piality is jiot, as a whole, equ.al to the 

 flowei's of home growth. 



EARLY DAYS OF THE BUSINESS. 



The First Flower Store. 



It will be necessary, in or<ler to show 

 the advancement in ilie florists" busi- 

 iH'ss, to go back a number of years be- 

 yond my recollection. .\s far back a.s 

 J858, was opened what was supjiosetl 

 to be the first store in a city for the 

 sale of flowers only. fp to that time 

 the public was siip[>lied by market gar- 

 deners, who had sm.all glass houses for 

 starting early \egetables and who grew 

 a i'vw flowers in the winter, rather than 

 keep tlieir little houses idle. The variety 

 of the ilowers was necessarily limiteil, 

 as tliey grew oidy those flowers that 

 coiiM be throw 11 aside in the early spring, 

 to make room for the real business for 

 ',\liicli their places were adapted. Their 



Standing Anchor. 



and Dr. Lindley. when developed witli 

 full light and .T, moderate temperature, 

 soon became popular for decorativ<' pur- 

 poses, and thi'v lia\e been largely used 

 t'or sever.al years ]iast. The Fremdi gfow- 

 ers, quick to not(? the trend of ]niblic 

 faste, turned their attention to the pro- 

 duction of colonel lilac, and now send 

 I'onsignnuMifs to Covent Ciarden weekly, 

 but. the (iardeiiers' Magazine sa\s, the 



principal oiit|put was 

 lieliotro]ie, abutilons, 

 tiit't. cain-llias, a few 

 ca^iiiiial geraniiuii. T 

 addition from a few 

 ow ners of which were 

 ing a few flowers now 

 the expenses, were tl 

 >ii|>ply, and the l rinlc 

 was limited. 



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