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The Florists' Review 



June 12, 1913. 



to use with the flowers. Wistaria is 

 beautiful on a black as well as on a 

 white hat to wear with a black or a 

 lavender gown. Apple and peach blos- 

 soms are beautiful. 



"I always sewed my flowers on with 

 the threads not tight enough to cut the 

 stems. Syringa makes a pretty hat 

 trimming and so does clematis. But 

 nothing is prettier than some of the 

 flowers that come later in the season. 

 The aster is the most satisfactory of 

 all; it comes in so many lovely shades 

 and colors and is so hardy, so easy to 

 manage and retains its freshness so 

 well. ' ' 



Asparagus lends itself prettily for 

 the green in the natural flower hat trim- 

 ming. It has been used with hats 

 trimmed with roses and lilies of the vaU. 

 ley, with roses and daisies, and with 

 daisies alone. 



One of the most effective natural 

 flower hats seen this spring was 

 trimmed with American Beauty roses 

 and was quite simple. The hat was a 

 white chip, with the under rim of black. 

 The roses were placed at the back of 

 this, their strong stems lending them- 

 selves to the upright position, a few 

 buds and their leaves nestled just inside 

 the rim of the hat at the back. A soft, 

 rich ribbon of a deep American Beauty 

 tint was raised in large loops with the 

 roses and one piece carried along one 

 side to the front of the hat. The result 

 was beautiful. 



THE VACATION SEASON. 



Slowly but surely florists are coming 

 around to the idea that they, as much 

 as other men, are entitled to a little 

 time away from business — the old no- 

 tion that a florist was out of pocket 

 every moment his doors were closed is 

 being dissipated. For some years mer- 

 chants in lines where Saturday half- 

 holidays are impossible have been clos- 

 ing one afternoon a week during sum- 

 mer, until now the custom is general — 

 almost the only exceptions are the drug 

 stores, the saloons and the florists; flo- 

 rists in many cities still keep open 365 

 days a year, and 312 nights. But times 

 are changing and here and there over 

 the country there is a town in which 

 the florists are joining in the general 

 closing movement, evenings and one 

 half day a week. For instance, every 

 florist in the city of Pittsfield,, Mass., 

 has attached his signature to the fol- 

 lowing: 



We, the undersigned florists of Pittsfield, agree 

 to close onr places of business at 1 o'clock on 

 Wednesday afternoons during July and August, '. 

 commencing July 2 and ending August 27. We 

 further agree to answer no business telepbone. 

 calls after said time on Wednesday afternoons, 

 also to make no sales or delivert«s of goods, ex 

 ceptlng such delivery be for the piirpose of filling 

 a most important funeral, wedding or expreas 

 order wbicb bad been given previous to closing 

 time, agreeing to bold Tate orders, of lewer Im- 

 portance, taken before closing time and ^ich 1* 

 is Impossible to deliver before said tim»t fo( 

 Thursday morning delivery. 



Perhaps some day the trade wjyU pro- 

 gress far enough for Sunday ^ositg to 

 be in orde^. ^* 



WINS SUIT FOB DAMAiS^. 



Charles Conti, the florist (in South 

 End road. New Haven; Coll^^ has vrqn 

 his suit against the New HaVen 'Gas 

 Light Co. and has been awarded dam- 

 ages o/ $790. Mr. Conti had infcituted 

 the suit on account of injury said to 

 have been caused to his greenhouses and 

 stock by the blasting done by workmen 

 for the gas company in laying a main 

 in the street. The blasting, which was 

 done last fall, was said to have so 

 cracked and disjointed some of the 



Wcddias Bouquet by David Clarke's Sons, New York. 



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heating pipes as to render the heatli^g 

 ■System unfit for use, and this condition 

 of the pipin& was not discovered by Mr. 

 Coijti until cold weather arrived, when 

 the neeessary repairs could not be made 

 in ti^^tili' save the stock from injury. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



At rf meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee Saturday, May 31, the dates 

 chosen for the annual summer exhibi- 

 tion and convention jrere July. 5 And G. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



ciety has graciously accord^ .us the 

 privilege of using its hall and Wiir-also 

 hold its annual exhibition joiiitly ^itl" 

 ours. The Horticultural , So<yety ba^ 

 arranged a specially attrafftiVe sCh<fl' 

 ule, amounting to nearly $500, and » 

 flne exhibition is assured. ...ft^r sdciety 

 is now completing its sch<d«i}il6- '^^^ 

 cash prizes arranged for will ;^oant to 

 $500, apart from the specJaPplfei^,'." 

 cash, cups, medals, etc., giv«Q tlyj^JBlii' 



viduala..- .!>i'^ - "f Jj? . 



As no admission is charged at any oi 



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