Mat 16, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



19 



Establishment of A. L. Glaser, Dubuque, Iowa, 



with a tassel of the green or of small 

 flowers. The brilliant hued flowers of 

 one color will make the most striking 

 effect at a distance. Make the wreaths 

 of long, thick garlands, with the ends 

 tied together and a stiff wire drawn 

 spirally through the under part. Use 

 large fiber ribbon ties and bows. 



The garlands and wreaths are best 

 suited to the memory of one person, 

 while quantities of loose flowers, 

 thrown on the water, best symbolize a 

 general memorial. 



Canopies for Cemetery Lots. 



Since Memorial day is no longer de- 

 voted entirely to the dead of the army 

 and navy, but is celebrated in memory 

 of all our dead, we shall be called upon 

 to get up attractive arrangements for 

 cemetery lots, vault doors and new 

 graves. For a lot decoration try a 

 rustic canopy of poles outlined with 

 hanging baskets, hung low at the cor- 

 ners and high between. Carpet the 

 ground space with pansy plants or 

 marguerites. Or use a large umbrella 

 ^ch as has already been suggested for 

 the procession float. 



Another plan for the same kind of a 

 decoration is like this: Select a wide 

 framed wreath, five or six feet in diam- 

 eter. Cover the bottom of the piece 

 with green. Fill the top and outside 

 edge with flowers, more firmly inserted 

 in the moss than is usually done. Out- 

 line the lower outside edge with long, 

 thin streamers of ribbon, small flowers 

 and sprays of green, making a light 

 shower effect. Turn the wreath upside 

 down and mount it on vertical supports 

 six feet or so high. Place over the 

 grave or in the cemetery lot. These 

 things can all be seen from a distance, 

 which is quite an inducement for their 

 use for Memorial day purposes. 



For Qraves and Vaults. 



For a grave cover make a frameless 

 casket blanket, edged with light sprays 

 of green and small flowers. Make the 

 center fairly heavy and scatter toward 



the edges. For a new grave an inex- 

 pensive cover may be made all of 

 smilax, laid in diagonally crossed rows, 

 wired in the corners as they lie. Eoll 

 together and wrap. 



For vault doors: A loose crescent 

 wreath of cured foliage as a foundation 

 and a large double spray of wired roses 

 or peonies; tie with a puflfy cluster of 

 bows and hang from that point. From 

 the crescent side hang a light shower 

 of small flowers and green. G. B. 



THE PEONIES ABE COMING. 



The peony is the special Memorial 

 day flower, the one that comes in just 

 in time to meet the great extra demand 

 at that day that has sprung up since 

 Memorial day has come to be observed 

 by the general public as well as the 

 veterans of "the late unpleasantness." 

 Also, the peony is a much finer flower 

 than it was in the olden times and it 

 makes quite the biggest show that one 

 can get for his money. Consequently 

 the peony has become an exceedingly 

 important flower for Memorial day. 



Most of the reports have been to the 

 effect that climatic conditions since the 

 last blooming season had been such 

 that the peony crop this year would 

 be light, especially for Memorial day. 

 But the acreage now is immense and 

 only a partial crop means a big sup- 

 ply, so the principal question is as to 

 the earliness, or lateness, of the season 

 — what part of the season's cut will 

 be in time for May 30? Peonies began 

 to move to northern markets from the 

 south about May 6. About the same 

 time a warm wave swept over the 

 country. Where for weeks the tem- 

 perature had been below normal, it 

 went to the other extreme. It made the 

 peonies jump. Unless cool weather re- 

 turns, fields far north will be ready for 

 cutting to begin before the end of 

 May. There will be no shortage. Every- 

 body can sell with confidence in their 

 ability to fill the orders. 



aiiASEB'S PLACE. 



One of the widely known florists at 

 Dubuque, la., is A. L. Glaser, and those 

 who know the man but not the place 

 will be interested in the accompanying 

 illustration, which shows the street 

 front of his establishment, with his new 

 motor car standing at the curb. Mr. 

 Glaser was the first florist at Dubuque 

 to adopt motor delivery. He says he 

 finds it a good advertisement as well 

 as niaking possible quicker deliveries 

 and considerably extending the radius 

 of operations. Plant trade with him 

 is especially heavy this season and the 

 car ia~doing the work for both store 

 and greenhouses. 



A EANSAS ROSEBUD. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph made just 

 before Easter in the plant room of the 

 Eosebud Greenhouse at Newton, Kan. 

 The proprietors of the Eosebud Co., 

 which does business at 429 to 435 West 

 Seventh street, are Cora A. Hurst and 

 Mae E. Jones. Information is not fur- 

 nished as to whose rosebud it is in the 

 picture, but the rosebud and not the 

 excellent lilies evidently furnished the 

 reason for the picture. 



BIO MONEY IN PEAS. 



Last October I planted seventy-five 

 sweet pea seeds, and as soon as my 

 mums were out I took the peas out of 

 the pots and set them along the edge of 

 the bench. After February 1 I potted 

 seventy-five more seeds and set them out 

 on the opposite side of the bench. I 

 began cutting about January 1 on the 

 first lot. Up to the present time I have 

 taken $88.46 off them, and the last 

 crop will run to June 1. Of course, some 

 of the seeds did not grow; ^besides, I 

 have given away hundreds of flowers. 

 How does this compare with others? I 

 never grew sweet peas before. 



A. L. Merriman. 

 Fort Atkinson, Wis. 



