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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



April 29, 1900. 



cause can procure printed matter by ad- 

 dressing Miss Jarvis, 2031 North Twelfth 

 street, Philadelphia. 



But why not get your mayor to issue 

 a proclamation similar to the one issued 

 by the mayor of Lincoln? Here it is: 

 .MOTHERS' D.\Y rUOCL.VMATION. 



Office of the Mayor, 

 City of Lincoln, Neb. 



To the I'euiile of Lincoln: 



The seci'etary of the Lincoln Young Men's 

 Christian .\s>:ociatlon having suKtiosted that 

 Sunday. .May 10, be observed by the people of 

 this city as .Motliers' day. every man to wear on 

 that day a white tlower in liouor of his niotlier, 

 I have been re(inested to ask for general com- 

 pliance with the suggestion. 



Therefore, in pursuance of this request and 

 as mayor of llie city of Lincoln, Neb., 1 hereby 

 recommend tliat by general consent. Sunday, 

 May 10. lUOS, be set apart us Mothers' day and 

 that on tliat day every man and every boy in 

 the city of Lincoln and every visitor within 

 our gates, wear a wliite flower in honor of his 

 mother. 



And 1 suctgest that tlie day lie made a special 

 occasion for sending flowers to tlie invalids in 

 I^incoln liomes, to tlie sick in liospitals and to 

 tlie orplians in public and denominational Insti- 

 tutions. 



It is eminently fitting that in this, as in 

 other wortliy movements. Lincoln take the lead. 

 Let us liope that tlie first Motliers' day observed 

 In this beautiful city will be so successful and 

 inspiring tliat other cities will, in future years, 

 follow tlie example. 



Witness niv hand as mayor of the city of Lin- 

 coln. Neb , this Cth day of May, A. D. 190S. 

 I\ W. BROWN, Mayor. 



You set' he did it at the suggestion 

 of the Y. M. (,'. A. if you think ycnir 

 own "pull" isn't strong (Miougii. g(>t a 

 leading minister to approach His Honor. 

 Don't be bashful about it. It's si good 



If you live in a town not too large, 

 deck out each street car conductor with 

 a white flower early on the morning of 

 May 9— they all had mothers. Start the 

 church-goers and Sunday promenaders 

 wearing ti flower, and you soon will find 

 the idea will take a big hold and mean a 

 good day 's business. 



WREATH OF PANSIHS AND GALAX. 



The wreath in the accompanying il- 

 lustration, made by Charles Henry Fox, 

 at the Sign of the Kose, Philadelphia, 

 is an extremely pretty arrangement, with 

 galax leaves and pansies. The pansies 

 were half light and half dark blue. The 

 color combination given by this one 

 flower is exceptionally pleasing and ap- 

 propriate. Phil. 



LAWSUITS OVER BOARDERS. 



( '. II. Huue, of the Memphis Floral 

 Co., Memphis, Tenn., was given a verdict 

 for $1,000 damages against Pinckney 

 Latham. .7r., by a jury in the circuit 

 court April 15. The verdict was the out- 

 growth of a dispute over a "boarder" 

 plant. The plant belonged to Mr. 

 Latham, and in the winter of 1907-08 

 was store<l with the Memphis Floral Co., 

 of which Mr. Hune is nmnager. Five 

 plants were stored and four of them 

 were returned to Mr. Latham in good 

 order. When he demanded the fifth, it 



The Wreath of Pansies. 



idea and they '11 all take to it. Tell your 

 local newspapers about it. Get them to 

 publish articles about Mothers ' day, now 

 and again May 8 or 9. Advertise Moth- 

 ers' day in your own newspaper space. 

 and get a neat card printed for your 

 window : 



MOTHERS' DAY— MAY 9. 

 To honor the best mother who ever lived — 

 your own. That Is the purpose of Mothers' 

 <lay, and its emblem Is the emblem of purity — 

 «i white flower. 



could not be located; and after waiting 

 some time he caused a warrant to issue, 

 charging Mr. Hune with fraudulent 

 breach of trust. The warrant was is- 

 sued in April, 1908. 



Within a few hours after the warrant 

 was issued it was dismissed at the in- 

 stance of Mr. Latham, through a recom- 

 mendation of the attorney-general. Al- 

 most immediately Mr. Hune filed suit 



for' $10,000, alleging false arrest and 

 malicious prosecution as his cause of ac- 

 tion. The case was called for trial April 

 15;^ 1909, and quite a number of wit- 

 nesses were heard. The suit was hotly 

 contested by both sides, Mr. Latham de- 

 claring that he secured the warrant while 

 firmly convinced that his plant had been 

 kept from him wilfully, and Mr. Hune 

 asserting that he had made every eifort 

 to locate the plant at the proper timoj 

 and that he did, subsequently, locate it 

 with a lot of others, and return it to 

 Mr. Latham. 



THE ARMSTRONG WREATH. 



The illustration on page 7 is pre 

 pared from a photograph taken in the 

 store of M. Armstrong, 807 Eiverside 

 avenue, Spokane, Wash., showing a 

 wreath made in that establishment for 

 the funeral of the governor of the state. 

 The design was made on the order of the 

 City of Spokane, and was considered one 

 of the notable designs at a funeral where 

 the display of flowers was extremely 

 large. The background of this wreath 

 was made of Oregon grape, known in the 

 east as Mahonia, instead of the galax 

 leaves employed for the purpose in retail 

 stores through the greater part of the 

 United States. The roses were Bride, 

 with a few nicely C(5lored blooms of 

 Golden Gate among the valley. The airy 

 green was adiantum and asparagus. 



AN EASTER STORE. 



At Horuell, N. Y., there is a progres- 

 sive florist named Harley M. Walbridge. 

 The city has only some 15,000 inhabi 

 tants, but it is a flower-loving commu 

 nity and gives support to several success- 

 ful greenhouse establishments, as well as 

 to Mr. Walbridge 's retail store at 159 

 Main street. The accompanying illustra 

 tion gives an idea of the store and of the 

 Easter stock. One point which is spe- 

 cially worthy of note by other retail 

 florists is that, while the Easter trade 

 was good in every respect, it was espe- 

 cially strong on baskets of plants and on 

 plants in novel and artistic receptacles. 

 A great many florists in smaller cities 

 still think their trade does not require 

 these plant embellishments, but it only 

 remains for one florist in a town to show 

 his holiday stock thus decked out to cap 

 ture so large a proportion of the trade 

 that the others will promptly change their 

 minds about the necessity for and profit 

 in the many articles so truthfully termed 

 requisites, Avhich are now offered by the 

 leading supply houses. 



SWEET PEAS. 



Sweet peas under glass are being bet- 

 ter grown each year, although the number 

 who can produce such flowers as Wm. 

 Sim, of Cliftondale, Mass., are still few. 

 At present they are the most popular 

 flowers on the market, many purchasers 

 preferring a fragrant bunch of well 

 grown Mont Blanc or Christmas Pink to 

 either roses or carnations, neither of 

 which latter possess the delightful odor 

 of the sweet peas. Just now sweet peas 

 under glass are at their zenith, their 

 stems being of exceptional length. The 

 first warm wave affects them adversely 

 and a perceptible shortening of the flower 

 stalks will be quickly noticed. 



If your peas are grown in big, light, 

 airy houses, shading is not to be recom- 

 mended, but if, on the other hand, your 

 plants are growing in small structures, 

 where temperatures fluctuate violently, 



