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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 0, 101 -J. 



Huflicii'iit fxciisc t'oi' his rihlxm Ikiw, l)iit 

 not for tlu' iiiiiuiiH>r:iliU' finis. 



'J'lu' .siiiallcr I'lustcr of xiolcts ciills 

 i'or inacliciilly jio crit icisiii. Tlic How 

 ers arc iiiasscil into \\ii:it, is coiiiiiioiily 

 cnllcil an oval I'ortn. 'Tliis in tlio small 

 size is snllirii'iit to attrai't. lint slioulil 

 he without a tic unless the tlowcrs arc 

 j^ivcii |ir(i)i('r iliicition anil the sti-ins 

 ail' aiiparcrit. i>v the lumcli icvciscs its 

 iliroctioM to '^>\i' cause t'or the tic. The 

 lie slitMilil lie III' I'ililion ami not ol' e<ii'<l. 

 i n my est i mat inn. 



I-'kmI C. \V. I'.ro\vn. 



Criticism Is Cold. 



It seems a cdld lilooiled thini; tn i-riti 

 cisc a (lesiL;ii I'l'oni a |iluito^;ra|ili. as no 

 (ionlit the ile\\\- Ireslniess ol' the llow- 

 ers wduld a|i|M';il to xou anil [nit ;i (|iiiti' 



Form Lacks Grace. 



In makin;; up violets into the form 

 of a small spray there is littU? chance 

 foi' the (Icsijiucr to show his skill. 

 Alioul all <inc can ilo is to wire the vio- 

 lets into small luim'hcs of li\e or six 

 llowcrs and tlicn make these small 

 liunchcs into a spray. In the s]iray 

 illustratcil herewith, wen- it not for 

 the cord, a peison could not toll wliich 

 was the en<l of the sjoay, as apparently 

 no stem shows. X'iolets liein<r usually 

 short stemmcil, some other jirecn must 

 lie used to prodiu-e the elfect desired. 

 Small ^reen j;alax lea\cs reseinbh^ the 

 \ iolel leal' and stem most closely, but 

 these :ire not always a\ailahle. On a 

 small spray ot' violets a numlier of 

 loops (if \ idlet cord are pretty, but on 



Flowers at a Recent Funeral at Kfloxvilie, Tcnn. 



dilVerciit a-pect to 111.' ratlu'r stilV .ar 

 ran^emeiit el' the louuh ol' carnations 

 shown. 'I'll iliiiiinale tiie slilV cycas 

 leave- and make t lie rarnalions a little 

 iiiiii'e irrcLiuiar mi the sides would iii'cat 

 Iv improve the design as to form. With 

 more I'Velly ferns as a liaidv^round and 

 :i liuiiili el iiiaideiiliair fern just above 

 1 he linw . it w ould do nicely. 



( 'arii;il iiiiis .-ire not easy to arraiiL'f 

 in a ll.-ii biiio li and a really ^r.-uerui 

 Imiiih I- ;ilmo-t an imiiossibilil y . as 

 tlie -I'liis ;iie -e bare and the head-- al 

 iiHisi tiHi lieavy for the steins. This 

 make- iheui nmrli harder to deal with 

 than the always uracel'ul rose, wliudi 

 seems ti. re-piiiid to the least elVurt and 

 liiiik- w Ldl in any posit ion. 



1 do not like tlie cycas leaves for any 

 tliiral arianuemeiit. The ]ialm family is 

 no'rely decorative as a jxit jilant in 

 rnoms. halls, .liuvi he- or landscapes and 

 ■ to,'- not enti.-iliic the I'cauty of tlovver-. 

 Hence it soiMiis wron- In cut and n-e 

 them lor that p\irpo-e w lim there are 

 -o many c\i|ni-ile li'in- th.al -eeiii to 

 be made e\|oc-sl\ to miii.^le their cii'.ace 

 and fre-liiic-s wiili tht> fraurance and 

 ]nirit\' of the lilooins. whether it is the 

 ijueen ol tlower-. llie rose, the jiopular 

 carnation- the dainty sweet ]iea, or the 

 most of other equally lovely speci- 

 mens of tlie llovver family. 1 love them 

 all and it is a d.di'jht to crather. to ar 

 raiicje. to weave tliein in bunches, crar 

 lands, etc., to ,i:o forth on their errands 

 of love and sympathy. 



Sue M. Cabaniss. 



as l.-iriie a spr.ay .as the one showti a 

 V inlet rilibon in about a \o. ;• width, 

 or a L' im li ;4aii/e, would be more ell'ec- 

 tive. 



The laiL;er picture is that ol' two 

 cvcas leaves crossed and a sjoay ot' 

 c.arnat ions tied thereon. In inakinLT Uji 

 a sjo-.-iy ol' llowcrs to be f.asteiu'd to 

 cycas lea \ e-. a l';ii- more .artistic elTect 

 will be producecl by not usinL,' fern 

 leavi's under the llowei's. The cycas 

 leaves in I hem-el v es are enouyh to su|i- 

 ]iort the llowcrs. The carnations in this 



jiiece also are bunched up too closely 

 in the end of the spray. It would have 

 been far more jiieasinji; to the eye it" in 

 makin<i the spray the llrst llowers tied 

 had been left to extend out more, even 

 if from four inches to six inches of the 

 stem were to show. 



The n(>xt time the desijjncr of the 

 piece shown is called on to make up a 

 similar one, let him wire some of bis 

 carnations and let them project out 

 ;rracefully from between the others, so 

 that, instead of havinjij an even line 

 .around the outside of the spray, the 

 llowers will have a more careless but 

 still .uracid'ul and airy appearance. On 

 a piece of this description a bow of 

 ribbon is deciih'dly projier, as it holds 

 the llowers to the cycas leaves, or 

 should at least jiroduce this effect. The 

 bow shown in the jiicture is nictdy tied. 



llui^o 8chroider. 



Tailor-Made Sprays. 



This tailor-made casket sjiray is a fa- 

 miliar siiiht in the averajxe ilower shop, 

 and ill many a one boastinjj; of hii;h 

 cl.-iss e(|iiipment and patronajje. It is 

 so neat, so trim, so widl ijroomed, so 

 eminently jiroper as to suppress every 

 iianuhty bit of truancy and sweet will- 

 fulness of every carnation and fern leaf 

 upon two as jiroper cycas leaves as ever 

 I'ev (iluted. 



Why is it that so many in the store 

 cial't seem to think that artistic work 

 is so intangible, so impractical, that 

 only in some far-off dream day in the 

 next Avorld, wiien ther(> is no rush on, 

 they will throw olf the shackles of con- 

 ventionality, unbridle their artistic in- 

 stincts and decorate tlu^ heaven of 

 heavens.' Do it here, friends. Break 

 loose today. 



To our friend who has so generously 

 olfered his work for criticism, we woubl 

 suej:('st. lirst, th.at he has cut the carna- 

 tion stems too short. \l! the foliage is 

 i:ood you will need to do little if any 

 clip]iinL;. The stems are needed to bal- 

 ance the bulk ;iiiil length of the Ilower 

 part of the spray. The top-heaviness 

 of this s]iray is increased by the addi- 

 tion of the cycas leaves. A scattered 

 bunch ol' carnations at the base of the 

 cycas leaves wduld be better. Or the 

 cycas leaves might be ribbed with long, 

 stemmed carnations wired, from the 

 base to the tijis. The cycas leaves 

 could be crossed and tied low. In this 

 way a few tlowers woubl be thrown be- 

 low the tie and their stems and the 

 cycas stems would ajijiear. 



.\s the jiiece now stands the tie cou- 



Motor Delivery of the E. Wicnhoeber Co., Chicago. 



