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Identifier: 5205536_27_2 Year: (s) Authors: Subjects: Floriculture Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Text Appearing Before Image: ^.<<^.<*^.'fer»)yr»>yr»>yr»>'^r»)'-yr»)fer»iyr»>'^r»): WBITE TO THE REVIEW. Write to The Review telling what you did to work up interest in Mothers' day in your locality, and what were the re- sults. Your successes will help others to push for business next ye;ir. PANSY STUDIES. Useful Flowers for Outline Work. Cut pansies are useful as construction flowers and will work into many places for outlining and shaping an intricate design where carnations, asters or the thick-bodied flowers would increase the bulk of the smaller parts and make it clumsy. Where you wish to keep the finished piece close to the measure- ments of the frame, they are just the thing. Pieces that require thin edging are difiicult to till without a Hat flower, and their thinucss of petal, together with their fine range of colors, seems to fit them for just such purposes. They are much wanted for small outline work, such as is found in the "Elks' head," in the spinning wheel and bicycle, and in lodge emblems where several imple- ments or symbols are grouped together. One solid color should be used for each piece of such a group, each piece being so coloroil lis to be in sharp contrast to the color of an adjacent part. At funeral after funeral one can see pieces made of pink or white or both, till they all look as much alike as so many *' coons. Here and there a piece of some dark color would not only be more noticeable in itself, but would bring tlie lighter pieces into relief. An Urn and a Broken Column. Aside from its relative value in a cullection, liowover, the pansy piece has a personality all its own. An urn of pansies, draped witli the stars and stripes and filled with an immense bunch of lilies, hydrangeas, gladioli or other tall, sweeping flowers, makes an excellent Memorial day piece for the window or cemetery. The moss under the pansies should be well soaked and the pansies should be sprinkled often. With a little renewing eacli day, this piece will last the greater part of a week. Another piece which can be well exe- cuted in pansies is the l)roken column. Begin at the top witii the blue whites. Work in some daiker blues and laven- ders, not abruptly, but by running a line of the lighter ones far into the space to be occupied by the darker ones, and vice versa. In the same way introduce a still darker shade, till the deepest purples are reaiiied. If enough pansies ol this one strain of color are to be had, complete the piece with the darker shades at the base. Tf not, introduce the purple browns, and carry the color to theHbwer part of the base'all around. This will increase the apparent height of the piece. Your piece will lose char- acter if the colors are mixed in any careless way or improperly shaded. On one of the side corners of the base set a group of lilies or equally dignified and graceful flowers. Throw a loose garland of pink or cream roses around the column and lose the end among the lilies. A Wreath of Pansies. A pansy wreath is a handsome piece if well planned. Make the frame extra wide by fitting a small wreath frame within a larger one. Wire firmly to- gether and fill as a wide framed wreath. Cover solidly with ]iansies in shaded colors, making the inside and outside edges the same as the top. Throw a loose, light spray of roses over one side and fasten it in place with a staple of turn frond. For an elderly person use the purple pansies. For a younger one change to brown, shaded to bronze and yellow. Gertrude Blair. NIEREMBERGIA FOR BASKETS. "Got plenty of Nierembergia gra- cilis! You never will have too much of it!" This was the advice of an expert flo- rist, years ago, wlnii I was consulting him about greenhou-c stock. I did not then know what ni.i-'mbergia was, and I think that today many florists are not familiar with it or aware of its value, but I followed his advice, got some nierembergia and have been glad of it ('ver since. Also I found his prophecy true—that I "would never have too much of it." In fact, although 1 grow more and more every year, T never yet have had enough to supply my customers. We use it mostly in filling porch and window boxes, cemetery vases, baskets, etc. Our customers like it. and every \ear they want more. One lady on our street fills her box with nierembergia and vines only, and her box is one of Ihe delights of the neighborhood. Nie- rembergia gives so constant a show of

Text Appearing After Image: Wreath of Pansies and Snapdragon. No. 21 wire, brought through to the un- der side of the frame and clinched to each wire on the edge. Another finish for such a pansy wreath would be a wide band of Far- leyense ferns across one side of the piece. A casket panel of pansie-^ and adian- tums is a ridi piece. Make the panel in two sections and fill as for center- pieces. Border with one hanging adian- Moom, is so graceful, so durable and -u satisfactory that we have found it one of our inclispensable plants. W. .J. 0. POINT OUT THE FAULTS. A reader suggests that a helpful ad- dition to this department of The Re- view would be one for the reproduction of photographs of designs for criticism. The reader, who, by th(> way, signs him-

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