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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



11 



Funeral Wreath of Galax and Roses. 



ii. 



I. it' lu> has a few llowcrs left — well, 

 'lifv no for luck too. The result is 

 ii'wdcd mass of Howcis, a iioor eflfoct 

 III a lai'fio (|iiaiitity of stock. 

 I III' experienced wreath iiiaiier. on 

 I'ther liaTKl, will use far fewer flow 

 ' •■ liiit will make excrv one tell. 7']ach 

 '""in stands out l>y its(df and can lie 

 ' ■ II- while, with the adclition here 

 " ' there ol a little adiantuin cr some 

 ' 'I'l' yreen, a |ierfect wreath results, 

 ' li little exiienditure for stoi-k. 



Natural and Acquired Skill. 



'''■rlia|is there is no other phase of 

 '"il> so ditlicnlt to ;ii\(' advice upon 

 '■• 'lu' ••irrani^cment of (lowers. So 

 '"''lies in aptitude for the work. 



ill in color an<l form hlendin;i, and 

 ' i^Mowledue of what is fitting i" vari- 

 "1" 'ircunistances. Some men never jjet 

 '!'■ knack of it; with others it conies 

 ""ii'al, hut all will tin.l that the best 

 '■-lilts fidlow wlien everv tlower and 

 ■^"'■y leaf shows tlistinctlv. A Ulur of 



colors is not a picture, and a mass of 

 flowers without an\ form or shape i^ 

 not >,Mi()d work. 



I'lach man must stuily and expeiinu'iit 

 for himself and be always on the look 

 out for newer and more striivinjj ideas 

 than he has been fcdlowinji;. ()nly in 

 this way can continued artistic success 

 be ex|iected in wreath makin<;. .-is in 

 any other i)ran(h of the florists ' woik. 



ANOTHER SWINDLE. 



In Xew ^'((l■k a youn^' man has been 

 arrested on a clmr^t' of i:iaiid larceny 

 made by John < 'han,i;uris. of the firm 

 of Chan'guris Bros., florists at '.»S(l Sixth 

 avenue. It is charired that he obtained 

 flowers from ( 'hanjruiis by re|)reseiitinj: 

 himself ovov the tcdephone as one of 

 the florists' rej^iilar custonu-rs. it is 

 allejit'd by ('hani;uris that .\pril ;> some 

 one called up his plac(> on the tcdejihone, 

 j:ave the name of the customer and de- 

 sired to have a bun»di of roses sent to 



the Sa\oy theater. The flowers were 

 d(di\(M-e(| there by a inessenj,'ei boy. 

 This same procedine was followed, ac- 

 cording to <han;,Miris. Apiil tl .iiid 

 April IS. At the comdusion of this 

 last d(divery the bill was iiearlv .*7i) 

 and (hanjiuris be-ame suspicious. The 

 nu'ssen;;(>r boy described the man to 

 whom he had ilidixcred the flowers. It 

 was not the custoimr. When the same 

 kinij of a ttdephonc nu'ssaue was next 

 recei\('<| Mr. <'haM;:uris went to the 

 the.-iter with the messenger Ih.v and 

 ciused the arrest of the man wlio w.i< 

 waitinj:- to receive the flowers. 



FLORAL WORK AT THE U. OF I. 



• Ibiriny the last li.alf sem.'-trr four 

 students in floriculture at the I'niver 

 sity of Illinois have been takiui: the 

 course in floral <lecoration. Thi' objert 

 of this courst> is to ^ive thi' students a 

 knowleijue of decorative materiaU and 

 their uses. Tlu' lectures of the .-ourse 



