May 11, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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WBITE TO THE REVIEW. 



Write to The Review telling what you 

 did to work up interest in Mothers' day 

 in your locality, and what were the re- 

 sults. Your successes will help others to 

 push for business next ye;ir. 



PANSY STUDIES. 



Useful Flowers for Outline Work. 



Cut pansies are useful as construction 

 flowers and will work into many places 

 for outlining and shaping an intricate 

 design where carnations, asters or the 

 thick-bodied flowers would increase the 

 bulk of the smaller parts and make it 

 clumsy. Where you wish to keep the 

 finished piece close to the measure- 

 ments of the frame, they are just the 

 thing. Pieces that require thin edging 

 are difiicult to till without a Hat flower, 

 and their thinucss of petal, together 

 with their fine range of colors, seems 

 to fit them for just such purposes. They 

 are much wanted for small outline work, 

 such as is found in the "Elks' head," 

 in the spinning wheel and bicycle, and 

 in lodge emblems where several imple- 

 ments or symbols are grouped together. 

 One solid color should be used for each 

 piece of such a group, each piece being 

 so coloroil lis to be in sharp contrast to 

 the color of an adjacent part. 



At funeral after funeral one can see 

 pieces made of pink or white or both, 

 till they all look as much alike as so 

 many * ' coons. ' ' Here and there a piece 

 of some dark color would not only be 

 more noticeable in itself, but would 

 bring tlie lighter pieces into relief. 



An Urn and a Broken Column. 



Aside from its relative value in a 

 cullection, liowover, the pansy piece has 

 a personality all its own. An urn of 

 pansies, draped witli the stars and 

 stripes and filled with an immense 

 bunch of lilies, hydrangeas, gladioli or 

 other tall, sweeping flowers, makes an 

 excellent Memorial day piece for the 

 window or cemetery. The moss under 

 the pansies should be well soaked and 

 the pansies should be sprinkled often. 

 With a little renewing eacli day, this 

 piece will last the greater part of a 

 week. 



Another piece which can be well exe- 

 cuted in pansies is the l)roken column. 

 Begin at the top witii the blue whites. 

 Work in some daiker blues and laven- 

 ders, not abruptly, but by running a line 

 of the lighter ones far into the space 

 to be occupied by the darker ones, and 

 vice versa. In the same way introduce 

 a still darker shade, till the deepest 

 purples are reaiiied. If enough pansies 

 ol this one strain of color are to be had, 

 complete the piece with the darker 

 shades at the base. Tf not, introduce 

 the purple browns, and carry the color 

 to theHbwer part of the base' all around. 

 This will increase the apparent height 

 of the piece. Your piece will lose char- 

 acter if the colors are mixed in any 



careless way or improperly shaded. On 

 one of the side corners of the base set 

 a group of lilies or equally dignified 

 and graceful flowers. Throw a loose 

 garland of pink or cream roses around 

 the column and lose the end among the 

 lilies. 



A Wreath of Pansies. 



A pansy wreath is a handsome piece 

 if well planned. Make the frame extra 

 wide by fitting a small wreath frame 

 within a larger one. Wire firmly to- 

 gether and fill as a wide framed wreath. 

 Cover solidly with ]iansies in shaded 

 colors, making the inside and outside 

 edges the same as the top. Throw a 

 loose, light spray of roses over one side 

 and fasten it in place with a staple of 



turn frond. For an elderly person use 

 the purple pansies. For a younger one 

 change to brown, shaded to bronze and 

 yellow. Gertrude Blair. 



NIEREMBERGIA FOR BASKETS. 



"Got plenty of Nierembergia gra- 

 cilis! You never will have too much 

 of it!" 



This was the advice of an expert flo- 

 rist, years ago, wlnii I was consulting 

 him about greenhou-c stock. I did not 

 then know what ni.i-'mbergia was, and 

 I think that today many florists are not 

 familiar with it or aware of its value, 

 but I followed his advice, got some 

 nierembergia and have been glad of it 

 ('ver since. 



Also I found his prophecy true — that 

 I "would never have too much of it." 

 In fact, although 1 grow more and more 

 every year, T never yet have had enough 

 to supply my customers. 



We use it mostly in filling porch and 

 window boxes, cemetery vases, baskets, 

 etc. Our customers like it. and every 

 \ear they want more. One lady on our 

 street fills her box with nierembergia 

 and vines only, and her box is one of 

 Ihe delights of the neighborhood. Nie- 

 rembergia gives so constant a show of 



Wreath of Pansies and Snapdragon. 



No. 21 wire, brought through to the un- 

 der side of the frame and clinched to 

 each wire on the edge. 



Another finish for such a pansy 

 wreath would be a wide band of Far- 

 leyense ferns across one side of the 

 piece. 



A casket panel of pansie-^ and adian- 

 tums is a ridi piece. Make the panel 

 in two sections and fill as for center- 

 pieces. Border with one hanging adian- 



Moom, is so graceful, so durable and 

 -u satisfactory that we have found it 

 one of our inclispensable plants. 



W. .J. 0. 



POINT OUT THE FAULTS. 



A reader suggests that a helpful ad- 

 dition to this department of The Re- 

 view would be one for the reproduction 

 of photographs of designs for criticism. 

 The reader, who, by th(> way, signs him- 



