Identifier: americanfloristw35amer (find matches)
Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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ce, and pink candle shades and bon-Tjons and icings on fancy cakes. If vio-lets are used, or pansies, or purple iris,■combine them with just the right shadeof light blue for decoration; the blend-ing of violet, and blue is very charming•when well done. In the south or wher-ever the large violets grow well a violetluncheon can be given, with whole<lumps of violets transferred to large■deep dishes and platters, and bunches of•cut violets tied with ribbons for every-guest. At one large fete a table was-wreathed with a border of violets. Of■course, violets look best by daylight and-not by artificial light, which makes themappear so dark. A Floral Basket. The illustration herewith was taken-from a basket made by S. L. Harper,Tacoma, Wash. The height was 4^ feetand the flowers used were carnations,roses and lilies. The arrangement ofthe ribbons was altered a little by thephotographer. This fine basket was to-the order of the Olympia club for the■funeral of one of its members.
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A BASKET OF FLOWEitS. By S. V. Harper, Tacoma, Wash. CHRYSANTHEMUMS Cut Blooms for Various Purposes. I notice in The American Florist ofDecember 29 Gunnar Teilmann endorsessome parts of my article on above sub-ject and also asks a few questions, andmakes some declarations which cer-tainly deserve a reply. I did not see theFrench varieties shown at Chicago,which he refers to, but from the scor-ing of the judges they must have somepoints of merit, and we should be liberalenough to credit the grower for present-ing them in such fine condition. The discussion did not refer to novel-ties, but to standard sorts, as no varietycan be condemned until fully tested. Itwas not the is-to-bes, but the has-beens to which my remarks were di-rected. I think the American hybridiz-ers have always competed against theforeign sorts and with the exception of 1905 and 1906 have been the most for-tunate in receiving awards. Mr. Teilmann evidently thinks it aneasy task to originate new varieties andhave them

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