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FLORIST 



A CASKET SHOWEB SPBAY. 



It is so seldom that a really new idea 

 is evolved in funeral designs that when 

 such a one appears it is received with 

 great interest. The casket shower spray 

 is original with William Eosenthal, pro- 

 prietor of the Boston Cut Flower Co., 

 Boston, who is known to many florists 

 outside his home city because of the 

 entries he made in the retailers' section 

 at the last National Flower Show. If 

 anyone else ever had showered a casket 

 spray, the fact has escaped record. It 

 is not always that a new design makes 

 an instantaneous hit, but that much 

 may be said for the spray illustrated; 

 with Mr. Bosenthal 's trade it had in- 

 stant popularity. It is the usual casket 

 spray with the addition of a shower on 

 the two sides, similar to the shower on 

 the bride's bouquet. The one illus- 

 trated was made of roses, with narrow 

 lavender ribbon for the shower part, 

 dotted with sweet peas. 



USES FOB SUMMEB FOLIAGE. 



Varying the Style of Work. 



We speak of the gayety and richness 

 of autumn foliage with interest and ad- 

 miration, and eagerly catch at the first 

 appearance of the reds and yellows as 

 tj^ey show themselves in spots here and 

 there, while we are forgetful of the 

 riot of color in mature summer foliage. 

 This may be accounted for in our pre- 

 occupation over the brilliancy of the 

 summer flowers which occur with plain 

 foliage, while the brilliant foliage sel- 

 dom accompanies any other than plain 

 and modest flowers. 



W^t about the richness and gayety 

 amdHLthe fancy caladiums, the coleus, 

 the^Bprnantheras, vincas, the Bex be- 

 gomVor the variegated tradescant^a, 

 not to mention the somber gray of 

 the dusty miller, the varying greens of 

 the ivies and other garden plants mus- 

 tering a marvelous array of dark and 

 light, tinted and shaded greens? 



A Few Suggestions. 



When someone inquires for a new 

 summer decoration, try a seasonable 

 foliage scheme. Use some overhanging 

 festoons of Kenilworth ivy over a bank 

 of fancy-leaved caladiums; or drop a 

 heavy curtain of variegated vinca over 

 a group of solid crimson coleus; or 

 make a table centerpiece of the most 

 brilliant scarlet and lightest green co- 

 leus with Nile green and scarlet chiflfon. 

 Scarlet carnations may properly be 

 added to the latter scheme. For a 

 cooler combination try dusty miller 

 with Ageratum Mexicanum, or the com- 

 mon vincas in bloom with the same 

 flower. Dusty miller, again, is happily 

 used with salvia. 



If you want a lesson in color blend- 

 ing or a design for inlaid work, study 

 the blending of red, pink, yellow and 

 green in some of the faney-leaved cala- 



diums. If you want a scheme for a rich 

 basket, devise it of plants of the deep 

 crimson coleus as a background for 

 Carnot roses; or, if you are looking for 

 a design of lighter color vein, get to- 

 gether some of the light yellow green 

 coleus with Killarney roses. The scar- 

 let and green coleus may be used as a 

 developer for salvia in a decorative 

 design. 



All these may serve as suggestions 

 for many taking arrangements of out- 

 door stock, not to mention the feast of 

 color in the foliage of such plants as 

 the crotons, Farf ugium grande, the dra- 



adiantums for the table centerpiece, 

 having the different varieties graded 

 from the lordly Farleyense to the deli- 

 cate gracillimum. If plants are used, 

 they can be easily arranged. If the cut 

 fronds are used, group them each kind 

 by itself to represent the growing 

 plants. Specimen fronds laid flat may 

 serve for doilies or may be set under 

 the doilies and fringe their edges by 

 extending an inch or two beyond. For 

 another feature at the same aflfair, use 

 a group of medium sized pteris of sev- 

 eral varieties, and top the collectibn 

 with a Pteris tremula of imposing size. 

 Somewhere at a distance show a group 

 of ferns or palms through an open win- 

 dow. Hang a specimen Boston fern 

 from a stair landing or gall-ry, or, if 

 the space permits, hang ■ group Of 

 them. Below set a fine large plant of 

 the same. 



Don't you see that metallic luster 

 lurking about the tips of that selagi- 

 nella growing around the inside green- 

 house hydrants? It wants to be jjpn- 

 verted into dollars. Cover your pots, 

 fringe your baskets, cover your design 



The Showered Casket Spray. 



caenas, and others too numerous to 

 mention. 



For Daylight Decorations. 



For a summer daylight occasion, ad- 

 vise using nasturtiums exclusively, with 

 a liberal quantity of foliage both as 

 individual leaves and in long sprays. 

 Have the foliage used in garnishing the 

 salads. 



Another delightful color scheme for 

 daylight is a fern decoration. Use 



frames, line your hampers with it, trim 

 flower vases and soon you will find more 

 uses for it than for lycopodium. 



G. B.. 



QBACEY'S SECOND CAB. 



The automobile illustration shown on 

 page 8 is that of the second car John 

 C. Gracey, a Philadelphia retail dealer, 

 has put into service this, year. The car 

 shown here is a White automobile pf 



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