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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ai'ini, liu, llllJ. 



Ill' \ inlet pink ill ;i while llewer. use i1 

 witli .'I <leci(|ei| telle (it' ene (if t liese eel 

 oi's 1'oiniil ill .'iiuitlier llewer ;im<1 yen will 

 net iiiily li;i\e e.-t ii 1 ilislied ;i ii;i I liiun v, 

 hilt will li:i\i' c|e\e ln]iei| the llMil'e ijeii 



i-;ili' Ijnwcr. 



'rriiieN ot' ihoe lints iiiny et'teii iie 

 seen t iiw.'i I'll the li;ise el' ;i |iet;il outside, 

 111- liiny lie r.-iiiylit ill the li^lil which <>|i 

 |iiisite |iet;ils rejlect ;i^;iih>t e;irli dthel' 

 iliiwii tnwanl the |p;ise nl' the lliiwer in- 

 side. 'I'liiis the tint liiis )u'tr;iyed itself 

 tliliiii;^h the letieetimi. tlioiiyii otlierwise 

 Its ]ireseiire cnilld sr;M(Md\' li;i\'e liceii 

 detcrted. Or, ;is w;is siine,.^) ,>,[ ))(i|'()i(._ 

 tr;ice the tints ot' the yreeii nUinjj; the 

 \eiliilij; lit' the under .•|lld U|i|H'l' sidt'S ol' 

 the le;i\es m the lines nl' tllO stems. 

 \\'ii;ite\er rdlnr tints the i^reen Avill "ive 

 the l\e\' til I he rolnriiie (.t" the llnwer. 



( iildii li;; whiili Wdiild lie jieiinissilde 

 in l;i!i<lsrn|)e e;i i<|,.||i no wliiidi li;is the 

 ,'iid iif sett li;i(d\tir(iiiiids, siiiili^fht ;iiid 

 .•1 1 iiins|iherii- tints, iiiioht lie II II | ilensn lit 

 inddnrs, wlieie haishei details would 

 .lin \['^r t he etV<>i-i . 



Delicate Combinations. 



it' Vdii \\;iii1 td use rreniiiy (ir yidhiw 

 white with ;i lisjliter white, ilitrndnie ;i 

 little liliie; till ex.-i inple, llride vnses nlid 

 .^wcef alyssiiiii will riniie lnocther with 

 .1 liettef ^laie liy the ,'lid nf ^lUlie .'leeia 

 t inns or fdi-oet nie nut v. 



When yiiii 1 a n dd --u, ediiiliilie \iiiir 

 \(dldw ]iiiik |.(;t- with Noiir creams ;ind 

 lea\e the laviiider white te kee|i cinn 

 |ia iiy wit h 1 h" i riiiisiin | li ii ks. 



Siiinke tree and tlitmiia ni.alie a cdiii 

 lii ii:i t inn vi^c ,|ii| nil I \ In Mile l;i vender 



W(dl as tints, or yen will lean towaiti 

 the irisi|dd. TlirdW the li>;'lit colors 

 aoainsl the darker, after lindine out one 

 nr iiidie dt' their cdinmoii strains nt' 



CdldT. 



(^•llelies: lla\e yen dliseixed the dif 

 I'erciice in cidiir ot' the eiay eieeiis nt' 

 the mature cai'iiatinii foliajies, wliiidi 

 cdiild be accniiiited fur li\- incans of any 

 id' tjicse color laws laid ilowii in our 

 lat(; series .' Why would tritomas and 

 the ycdlow and yellow oraiiyc nastur- 

 tiums make a ynod lieildin*; comhina 

 tion? (iertrude j-tlair. 



FREE HELP. 



If thei'e is any other idass of Inisi 

 ness men who "(d as mm li free h(d|i 

 fioin the )iews]ia|iers as do the auto 

 moldle makers it is tliosi' wlio make 

 their ]i\iiii;- tln'oiii^li the sale of idants. 

 nurser\' sto(d< and eardeiiinif iinjile 

 ineiits. Iv.cry tdVort to cncouraye the 

 city lieautifiil idea is of direct lieiudit 

 to someone in the horticultural trades. 

 And e\('rv editor is for the u)dift. 

 1 1 uiidrcds. |iossilil\' thousands, of daily 

 and we(d<ly )ia|>ers are |ii'iiitiiij; the 

 pi'ess stiilf of the Xatioiial ('oumdl of 

 lloit iculture. they all are hoostinji' the 

 local ilower sliows. and in many cases 

 they either liax'e horticultural editors 

 Or make a sprine feature of a "best 

 lawn,"' ''best baik ,\ai'i|,'' or ''best 

 window box"' contest. It all Jitdps the 

 sidler ol' seeds, |ilants oi' nursery stoidv. 



As an example of the way the edit- 

 ors play up eardeuiiio iu the s|irin<;. 

 the 1 )es Moines Dailx' News has olfered 



All Aboard for First Indoor Lesson 



On Cleaning Up Your Dirty Back Yard 



liii .iiiis .'iiiil ilcMil lc:ivcs triiiM .voiir .vanl, so tliiU 

 I lie Icliilt'l' Kl»'<'li Kinss c.iii have sonic sliou . 



r.cc.-Misc, ill (Icciiliii;; wliicli .vani in l)cs Moines 

 is llic neatest .■mil cli'ani'St. ^rass will cnl some 

 li-ine. U.iy Weji'iel:, eil.v laiulseaiie eiifiineei-. 

 is iiiiJM^' lo Kive ,\ on a series of lessons' tliroiiuli 

 ilie News on how lo inaUe an altraelive .varil. 

 Ilie lir^! lesson will apiiear « illiiii a ila.\ oi' two. 

 Mr. Weiiielv will lie one ol Ilie .jml^es lo ileei(l(! 

 who lias \Ul' most altraelive .vanl on -Ma.v 1. 

 So MUi can ;!et some lioini poinlei's I'l-oni liis 

 li'--.'.ii^. 



All such work h(d[is the florists. if 

 there's something- of the kind doiuf^ in 

 your town, better li(d]i it along. One 

 way to yet .vour full sliiirc of the bene- 

 fit would be to ;irr;inge for advance 

 information of wlu'if t>a(di (la,v 's jiaper 

 will recommend and to advertise the 

 same stock as (dose to the gardening 

 artiides as you can get \'our adv(>rtis- 

 iii'i' iilaced. 



Cartoon with which an Iowa Paper Starts a Gardening Contest. 



w I -iiM'k ■ ali'l lie- Mr.-iii:^i ll.-nne. ' pri/i^ I'm the be^l liack \aids and i- 



Ihi'' I- .1 Ii:hi' 111 .1 cmidii iial inn made ! Ljixin:: a -eiie- nf le--.niiv m bark \ a rd 



nil tin \ mil 1 and maii^e ;l l\ nf nlil | o,-| | , j,. n i lig. I,a-I Week the lil'sl lessnii 



rnlnr cilije. a- de-c|ilii'd in in\ lil^I ai I wa-- intrndueed uilh the c.i|-|dMii re 



lirle nil enlnl |;iw-. Ill 'I'lii l,'e\iew df |i)-oduced herewith, belleatll wll|c)l Wa^ 



^la|■■ h 1':;. ! piinted the t'dllnwino: 



M a ki- ll~e nl ill'' 'I M I I rnppil Inline ill 



dahlia- and 1 1 1 e 1 1 1 - w i I 1 1 Ilie n i a n ^ e \ e I 

 Inw -. 'I'hev li.a \ 1 a I 1 ;ice ai \ mlct i n 

 Iheiii ;iiid I ravy^he ii|ahi;e Inlie-. 



I >ii linl lei \ nil I W 111 k inn t nn 111 lie |l 

 In delicate cnlolllio. Meal ill -h;ide- ;'| v 



\1 l.•,Mi^ : li^-l 



liio k .>;inl L'.-inieiiii,:; 



Ai.' .vii 'lil l"'n . r:iiliir. iii.illier, l.i:; lirn|l,,r. 



Kill- .ilel 1">\-.|- (11 ..iiii^e V'll M' llMi'l 



;li i| :iiii| He ■j'liic; 1" J'liii llii' l>:ii|\ New - 



, liMII lla I'.IIH Sir IM.W VIII !.■ |i:o|\ l.il III.' 



Ill^l l,.>^,,|i. \'l.| 111.' lii-l I ~-.i|l j- I.. L-.-l l.l|~\ 



\( il h 1 l.f |■,■||^.■ :ili.| \> I'l-.l ..III :ill I he I lil.l.i^l, :il,.| 



THE PENULTIMATE DESIGN. 



Ill the collection of uniiiiie designs, 

 the one shown in the illustration on 

 page 11 is entitleil to a ]ilac(> at 

 the front. it repi'esenfs a derri(di in 

 flowers, made bv iiCster I', liensoii, an 

 1 ndi.iiiapolis tlorist, on the order of a 

 committee representing the Structural 

 Iron Workers of .\merica, for one of 

 their members AVJio was killeil as a re- 

 sult of his gauntlet catching on tlie 

 hook as the engine started. The man 

 w.as lifted tiiirty feet from the ground 

 Ind'ore his cry, "Slack down,"' was 

 heard. ;iud befor(^ the order could be 

 obeyed the glove slipped from his hand, 

 resulting in a fall wliiidi broke liis 

 iieidv. The design w.as made section 

 ally, to w(irk the s.ame as ;i real der 

 rii k, .iiiil the coinmittee insisteil on 

 the llorist plaidng a o|d\e on the hook! 



( )f course no llorist ni.nintains th.at 

 siiidi a design is in .anything but tlu^ 

 most execrable taste; smdi gruesome- 

 ness is an utter perversion of the idea 

 wliiili )irom)its the sending of flowers 

 to ;i, funer.al. The flowers should carry 

 a message of sympathy, .and by tludr 

 purity and lieauty should speak of the 

 life be\(iad. shoidd contain no sugges 

 tinii of mundane tilings, least ot' all 

 .1 reference to the route (d' dep.arture 

 of "the late lamented."" The di>rri(d{ 

 design .appears to be just one step re- 

 moved from the limit. The man who 

 wishes to .accomplish the ultimate no 

 doubt will Jii.ake I'oi' ..a *iiiurdei' \ictim 

 some such (lesio)! ;i^ ) ij,. tdllowing: 

 Take tw(i clnt h i no >tni-e wire dummies; 

 fit them nut with suits nf Hnwers. iii- 

 ste.ad (d' (loth: r.iise the aims (d' e;i(di. 

 one figure le.aiiiiio forw.ard in the act 

 df firing .a Ilower pistol; bring the left 

 hand of the other toward where a 

 m.an'- heart is sii|ipdsed to lie. and the 

 liohl hand In liis il|ilit'ted head: lean 

 this li^^ure backward. .Mount the two 

 fiyurt"-. in the iidationship that will 

 ,l]Mj_.,.vt itsell', dii :i b.ase el' boNWiidd or 

 i,al:i\ and there will lie nothiiio fur 

 thef that e.ail be . leliia lided of the llo- 

 ll--t. Ulllew with -Hell a design the 

 widow t'.-iiU td -.in\i\e the shock. 



I"nr the llnri.^t w hn make- llinll-tlnvi 

 lie- III llnW.T- il I- In be -aid: I I :i I'd I \ 

 ;ill\' llnri-l has -n pnnr .i rnlieeption 

 nf the ll-es nt' llnwer- t II .a t he -l|oo,.^ts 



,iiiy -lull design-; the florist ne;irl\ .a 1 

 w;i\s -imply is c.arryinn out the in 

 struct ioiis he receixes f'ldin his cus 

 tomers, and must eitlni' do this or see 

 .111 ni-dei- iii\(d\ing .a goodly sum no 

 In a competitor. I'lorists .are like 

 iithi^rs they ;ire likely to do that 

 uliiill they ;ire best paid fdr doing, 

 lint it is ill line for e\eiy llorist to do 

 -onii'thiiiL; tow.ard tniaiin;^ c-u-tomer- 

 to better tlllliu- Hi flowers. 



