. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MAT 2, 1»12. The Weekly Florists' Review. 11. Funeral Wreath of Gaiaz and Rotes. and, if he has a few flowers left—well, in they go for luck too. The result is ii crowded mass of flowers, a poor effect from a large quantity of stock. The experienced wreath maker, on the other hand, will use far fewer flow- ors, but will make every one tell. Each l^loom stands out by itself and can be wen, while, with the addition here !ind there of a little adiantum or some other green, a perfect wreath results, with little expenditure for stock. Natural and Acquir
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MAT 2, 1»12. The Weekly Florists' Review. 11. Funeral Wreath of Gaiaz and Rotes. and, if he has a few flowers left—well, in they go for luck too. The result is ii crowded mass of flowers, a poor effect from a large quantity of stock. The experienced wreath maker, on the other hand, will use far fewer flow- ors, but will make every one tell. Each l^loom stands out by itself and can be wen, while, with the addition here !ind there of a little adiantum or some other green, a perfect wreath results, with little expenditure for stock. Natural and Acquired Skill. Perhaps there is no other phase of work so difficult to give advice upon as the arrangement of flowers. So much lies in aptitude for the work, i^kill in color and form blending, and a knowledge of what is fitting in vari- ous circumstances. Some men never get the knack of it; with others it comes natural, but all will find that the best I'esults follow when every flower and every leaf shows distinctly. A blur of colors is not a picture, and a mass of flowers without any form or shape is not good work. Each man must study and experiment for himself and be always on the look- out for newer and more striking ideas than he has been following. Only in this way can continued artistic success be expected in wreath making, as in any other branch of the florists' work. ANOTHEB SWINDLE. In New York a young man has been arrested on a charge of grand larceny made by John Changuris, of the firm of Changuris Bros., florists at 980 Sixth avenue. It is charged that he obtained flowers from Changuris by representing himself over the telephone as one of the florists' regular customers. It is alleged by Changuris that April 3 some one called up his place on the telephone, gave the name of the customer and de- sired to have a bunch of roses sent to the Savoy theater. The flowers were delivered there by a messenger _boy. This same procedure was followed, ac- cording to Changuris, April
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