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The Florists^ Review 



XOVKMKKK '-'S. I'.H-' 



I I'liU'iiiliti tlijit von i-iin <;iri_\' :nt iiitii 

 lliis wiivk ;ti)il licl|i ;i yrciit ■Icnl in if 

 'Mii\iiii; it-- (■li.icct iiin.'il'lc tc;iturcs. 



The Odd Fellows" Design. 



I'll'' 'l<|il I'll luW > ' ili'--'';^li v||(i\\ II III 

 111' lil-I I't' flu llil'cc il llisl I'.'it ions i-iPii 

 .lin- ni;i)i\ i I'lN cnii ii^ l'i':il iiirs. jn tlic 

 iirsi |il:i.i'. Thr I lit rii-.'i 1 1' i r)iniihiit mn^ 

 'l' 'iiiliii'in^ ,iih! Ii;ii1l;cv ;ii<- ^Imw n tn 

 'iiii'-li 1 ..■! I .■! :i'l \ ;i n l;i;^i .'i ml w it li 

 . ic:i I !■! ; ■ ''I'tit 1 • V (iM 1 1 1 II I n l: t lirm en 

 -Mini' ~ii. 'i ;i I I :i iiL;rnii'ii t .'i^ .-i |.;ni('l. \\ i ■ 



-' M 1 I ' '■ '.nil t ' I lll)t (• till- I ] Mil III w It ll 



I ■- li'l tcri 11^. u It irii ^iT 111- ;i liiiii) I lie 

 ;mi~I pii i-iirj \\;,\ ,i| ^n | .j ,1 \ i n;^ llir t'ln 



II ''V :n 1 1 1' _ . '•■iii;i ml I'm Irt 1 1'li ii •_: ni, 



:i - I l: II - 



• I II -I ;i • • >\ w I ii i|~ :, I milt III,! i,,iiv ; i; I I, 



■ i\\\< :> I ' li ! :i Wiili'li 1 I 11 1 \ .-I llir II. nil r 



'.|l<il|r--. ii||! It sri'llls In ;'m' writr! tli;il 



!' .-I t'i'W ' ■!' ll- 1 iiIlM i '■:! I 1 / r t ii;i I i HI r- 



- :i liii- 11.-- Ill' lliiwri-- •iihl lint I'm till 



III \ .-I llriMli'llt wt' lllillillil'. .■UTi'-viil ii'-. 



I wiiiiM 111' tu Dili iliTiili'ii .'I'l \ :i 111 ,-1 nr. 

 I -llnill'l 1 ikr tn w :i I n \ uh ;i- t n t lir 



,-!• Ill i.'Tt''/- (111 ill -mil- I 'i r-i .ii;tl U . 



turr tli.-it liml liccii sclt'it(>il and allow 

 I he use of ;i sinolc line. Tlic (jiiotiition 

 cliost'ti was, ''I. on!, slic \v;is tliiin'," 

 \\liii'li was iliil\ put on I lie lihlioii ]>y 



till' use of till' llsiliil stirk nil IcttfM'S. 



In tile ili'li\iry tlii' iiioistin'c y(tt in its 

 woflv, ;inii the |ii('i-i' ani\('d at its dt>s 

 lihatiiin ininiis tlic ■'i'"* in ■•tliinc.'' 

 '\'\\(- ('\|il:in;it ions that lullowcil wcri' 



llr\ cr llllitl- s;|t is|';|,-t(H'y. 



Kii'ii < . \V. r.riiwn. 



GOING THE LIMIT. 



< )| 'iill I sr 1 1 is a neat pl.'l n nt I lir 

 irtail liiiiist to |ilr;|si' tin' i- list niiicr li\ 

 . Ii'l M I'll iil; witti ;iii .■iiitii witliiii ;i ir;i 

 -iinalili' 'listiini-r luit wlii'ii t hi' cils 

 Inliii'l' a I ipli'i-iat I's -ni-ll sri'\ ii-i' tu till' 



I'Xti'iit lit' ;ishiiin ii\,.|- ;i loo niili' diisr. 

 iliiit'- w hi'ii it i-iiini's )iri'tt\' in'ai tn 

 1 ii'i iii: t lir I inii t . 'I'hi' lit lii'i il;iy inn 

 lirni. 'II niili'i tn jiicasi' a n,,,,,! ,-iis 

 Inllii'r. Ii.'nl tn sfllil tile ilclixcry auto 

 I'riini TdIciIo to liryati. ( ).. a ijistancc 

 111' tiftysix mill's almii; tlio r;i i Iroinl 

 liiii'. I'.'H'h way. niiikiiin ii I'ci-nril i|ri\r 

 111' 111' III ill's, 1 11 ildi \ I'l llnw I'i's 1 11 ;i 





Compare this Wreath With the One on 'he Opposite Page. 



:■ wii^.i •ii;MiN- li'Mi'l- 111 li;|il t:i-Ii. ' I'll IH I .'i 1. 'I'lli' a I i-ll l ■ 1 1 1 >' nl tin 'll-tail 

 III .nlll |rnr i» inP inm|n i- 11- In 'In IllllllV i \\ a - lijl-i'l liIlK li\ -iillll' |ia|i-l'l- will 

 ll I li;^- n . \\ n 1 |.| I it 1 li-i lint t n .|ii. 



A St.'i-y of a Lost Letter. 



I - I'liii I ; I l-i. i I hi' 1 " n ;i I'll \-nll ;i l:.'i i II-' 



j i-iiul<l 111' ll rii|i|ii'il nil' I'll miiti'. lit till' 

 I tow II- III' S\\:iiiiiin. Aii'liliiiM ;iiii| 111 

 I mii;i. If tlii- ki'i'|i- up, lit n- ;jii li:ii-k 



In till- l|si 1,1 I lif linl-i' ; ihI W a L; " n fill 



'li'l I \ I'l \ . W'a It ll I nil iliiT-t ;i ^s 



BEAUTIES ON THE TABLE. 



In 1 1 -f . . ' 1 ' ; I'l - 1 ill I 1 I ll nil-, nr \ nn 

 M'jiil 111 .1 > "I,' -I'll III I hi' pll-llt 111' t hi- 



I 'i' ll II- '. I .1 'I .1 il'ii i-t i\ In ■ hail .1 '••■I 1 1 



I I 111, 'i ■ 1' I' ,t ;i' mil 111 I : ■ I II- \\ hn ill' 

 ■ lli'il t,i . l.li ! ;i \\l'l':ill| |ii|- illli' nf till li I l!vi'l\ linW lllhl tlll'll :i rlistllllu'l ill 



mini" I v\!.. Iiuil pa--i'i| :iw.'i\. Aftii I -i-t- mi li;i\iiin A iiii' r n-a ii Mraiity rusr- 

 i.ii -lili-i .1 1 1|' iiuioni'iit. tlii'\ wi'ii- pi'i i .'iml iiniliin:^ nl-n nn tin- taliln, Tlir 

 ii'ii|ii| tn . • 'liiwi' till' \> I'-i' 'i\' S,-ii|i I :ir.-niii p:i ny I iiL' i 1 1 u-t r:i t imi -Imws Imw n 



may lie ilonc on a comparatively sniull 



talilc with jidoil ('t1'<!('t. It is the work 



: of John Mtiii^t'l, (Chicago. Il»> jdatoii 



; his flowers in a satliciently tall vas(> t(» 



I i-aiiy the mass of thn dccorJitioTi al)o\o 



; the eyes of thos(> s<'atod at the ttihlc 



i This iM'ccssif ati'd a lU'corat ion on tlio 



cloth, ami to pi'ovi'iit ovoi'dccortitiiin 



this was ronliiK'il to one loiijistotniiicii 



licauty cxtcndint: from the center, with 



the How I'l' fmiiij^ otU'h plate. 



THE AMERICAN SHOWS. 



it w.'is with keen interest that an 

 I'Niiiiiitnr at many Kriylish shows for 

 llie lirsl time \ isited :ni Aini'rican 

 show, the lioi t ii-iilt ural exhiliition a1 

 'roi'onto, ami perhaps it may interest 

 sonie 111 \niii ie;ii|ers for me to say how 

 it iinpiessi'il me. and where I tlioui;lil 

 it weak rinnpnred with some ot' the 

 nooil slinws ill the Old ('ouiitry. The 

 ' eiitraiHi'. artistic in design, .•iiid the 

 lieaiitifnl liuililinjis eiiidosed in well 

 loinposeil and laid out j;iduiids. ;il] yo 

 tn make :iii excellent jiltlce for siudi .i 

 purpose. ( )u entering the e.xhihition 

 ImiliiiiiL; itself th<! siiiiie feelint; occurs, 

 and those who are interested oii^iht to 

 feel h.aiijiy to find such a [iliice as .-i 

 settiiin for their exhildts. 



In rhe l)oi;il e.xliihits I felt the most 

 disap|ioiiited. Tliere was not the com 

 petition I had expected to liiid, and. 

 s|ieakinn in nemral of all the e.xhihits, 

 tliey seemed to he so ctirelessly staffed 

 that tlu'y were not made to look no;irl\' 

 so attr;irti\e as the.y mijiht have heoii. 

 I refer to the competitive classe- 

 inostly. .\nain. Iiy separating a (das- 

 liy imttiny a \ase on one IxMudi ;ind a 

 \;ise III the same class on another 

 iieneji, it made it iinpossilile to follow 

 the a\\;irils. losiiii; mu(di interest. Some 

 of the exhibits certainly poss(^ssed 

 iiuadi merit; the lloral desi;;ns apjieared 

 to me striUinyly attractive. These were 

 not niveii the sjiace or position, to m\ 

 lliinkiiiii. to do them the ,)asti<-e the.v 

 desei'M'd. h'oses mij^ht have been made 

 mucii more ;i1 tractive if they had been 

 stajic'd iowfr, so that there woubl not 

 be the risk of in.jurinjj the neck in tv} 

 ino to see the flowtns instead of lookinn 

 at the lonu, priidtly stems and iiylx 

 \ ases. 'file same applies in some ways 

 to the mums, for on the day of my 

 \ isit the lower petals wore not the 

 most iileasin>i )iart of them. I cer 

 tainl\ prefer mums in vases to boxes, 

 liiit if they are to please thost> who pay 

 to no .-ind see them, they slioiild b<' 

 ni;ii|i' tn look as attractive :is possible. 

 In the Old ('ouiitr\', arrani:emeiit is the 

 dei-idin^ t'ai-tor. 



'a mat ions I never saw lool'; le-- 

 pleasiiiL.'. perhiips owinir to the xasc- 

 iii'inn uiisu Jtalile. but a yood lot could 



h.'ive 1 II ijoiie ill better a i'r;i n L'emi'ii I 



and staninn. 



Soring this \\;i- ;i fruit and tlnwrn 

 I'xli i ll it inn, i|i'inra1e<l fabhs miiilit h;i\i 

 had flint I lit ln,|uri'd with ;,'ii':it ai|\:iii 



t.-iU'- 



It striii-k nil' a- rather I'urimis lia\in- 

 dilliient sized tnblcs, some with elofhs, 

 siiim,' without. I Udiidered it' exhibitor^ 

 li;ii| to liml llii'ir own tables .'iiiij if tin 

 pii/i' W.I- I'lilii-iiin I'lioilLdl. The llowi'i 

 tladn dors lint -I'l'lll to lia\i- tllllt ki'i'li 



iie-s I'or piitlmi; iiji ;i i-reditable exhibil 

 th.it till' -linw- HI till' old hind do; f In \ 

 ,'iii' lii'lpi'd .•iiid m.'iije a 1 1 r:irt i \ I' li\ tiiin- 

 tii:it i-mi-idiT I' line of the lirst w ii \ - 

 tn iii.aki' ;iiid n:iin Inisiiies-;. biiiil aj' 



pi'llli'd tn me tn br tile most pronir^ 



-i\i-. I'l'iiiaps the plate fruit was tin 



1 iiiii-l ph :i-iii'. 1 11 t III' e\-<' 1 1' pi'i 'i - 



