AUGUST 1, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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BASKETS FOB FUNERALS. 



Baskets of cut flowers have been used 

 for almost all purposes except for fu- 

 nerals, but now they are finding a sale 

 SB a substitute for the set piece and 

 the spray. The basket of flowers, it is 

 true, has the significance of congratula- 

 tion or well-wishes, but this idea has 

 not become so fixed in the mind of the 

 public as to make it a seeming impro- 

 priety to send baskets to funerals. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a basket of American Beauties arranged 

 by Miss Lena Zigelhofer, of the Sum- 

 merfidd Floral Co., Springfield, Mo. It 

 was the first example of this style of 

 funeral offering to be put out in that 

 part of the state and it is said to have 

 been especially pleasing because it was 

 different from all the other flowers at 

 the funeral. The basket itself was 

 covered with adiantum and the arrange- 

 ment stood five feet high. 



The Eeview would be glad to hear 

 from retailers as to their views as to 

 the use of baskets for funeral flowers. 



ORIENTAL SETTINGa 



For Gorgeous Flowers. 



An immense bunch of scarlet poppies 

 or a group of gloxinias will make a 

 striking window display, if given a 

 proper setting, or will make a decora- 

 tion for a reception, or a fraction of an 

 elaborate hall or residence affair. . The 

 richness of color, size and style of 

 these flowers seem to require, occasion- 

 ally at least, an oriental setting. Among 

 other materials of this kind there is 

 none much more fascinating than the 

 Filipino grass huts, mats, nets and 

 calabash. The floor may be covered 

 with grass mats or matting, and the 

 *~® ?^ ^^^^ 0^ *^6 window partitioned 

 off with bead tapestry, or if such can- 

 not be had, strands of Job's tears or 

 other berries capable of being strung, 

 ^ntersperse with these some fishnet 

 draperies and, to elaborate, line these 

 nshnets with oriental silk of a color to 

 jnatch the flowers to be used. A cala- 

 bash made of a cocoanut shell or pol- 

 'sned gourd is hung in a net and filled 

 ^ith the flowers. Below set the prin- 

 cipal display vase. On the floor a 

 ^f^? with outrider attached may be 

 sh II ^^*^ flowers or ferns, or a huge 

 nell may be so used. If poppies are plen- 

 titul have a field throughout the win- 

 ^0^ space, and at the rear show the 

 inatched roof of a grass hut with a 

 Paim or group of palms behind it. 

 A few orchids and pitcher plants are 

 ell displayed with the same setting 

 Jtor removing the scarlet silk. A speci- 



som* ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ *^^ greatly, and 



nip bark for mounting the orchids. 



&d/ scene is not decidedly rustic. 



aa some Persian silk drapery with the 



netting. 



not ^ ^''*^'"^® t*^ perishable poppies will 

 induce sales worth mentioning and 



can remain for a day or two at most, 

 but this style of demonstrating deco- 

 rative ability is not too often seen in 

 florists' windows. 



Wide-open roses can be used to as 

 good advantage as the poppies in this 

 way, also Easter lilies, and amaryllis 

 flo'wers. 



Featuring the Gloxinias. 



Gloxinias, with their rich reds and 

 purples, pinks and white, are not easily 

 arranged. Like other squatty plants 

 the beauty of which is apparent only 

 as you look down upon them, they 

 cannot be displayed in any but a low 



Set a mirror behind them and tip it so 

 that the group of plants seems to run 

 uphill. Here and there elevate choice 

 plants above the ordinary level in 

 Japanese basket covers. 



Where a moderate sized collection- is 

 to be had in a variety of colors which 

 are not harmonious when closely 

 grouped, cover some of your low screens 

 with black. Separate the colors by the 

 use of the screens without hiding any 

 of the plants. Set the screens diag- 

 onally, leaving every plant visible from 

 some point in front of the window. 

 Place the mirror back of the window, 

 and multiply your screens and plants. 



Another: Build the floor in a grad- 

 ual slope from the front of the window 

 to the back. Make quite irregular with 

 damp moss and plunge the pots in to 

 the rims. Cover with green moss the 

 few bare spots that remain. Cut a 

 path through to be able to reach the 

 plants in the farthest corner, and watch 

 the gloxinias sell. G. B. 



PROPAGATING IMPATIENS. 



Kindly tell me how to propagate 



Basket of Beauties for Funeral Use« 



window, the lower the better. As far 

 as the colors will allow, mass them 

 solidly on the floor, hiding the pots 

 with green moss. Get the reds to- 

 gether, the purples together, and blend 

 them with the intermediate purple reds. 

 At the far corners shade into the light 

 violets and pinks and thence to the 

 white. 



But what about the great empty 

 space above! What can be done to 

 focus attention on the display below? 



Impatiens Sultani successfully. I have 

 poor success in rooting the cuttings, 



as they decay easily. 



C. M. W. 



During intensely hot weather soft 

 and succulent cuttings of any kind are 

 likely to rot. Wait a few weeks, 

 until we get cooler weather, and you 

 will not experience any trouble. Avoid 

 giving any more water, however, than 

 is necessary to keep the cuttings fresh. 



C. W. 



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