. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQIO. The American Florist, 101. CASKET COVER OF ORCHIDS AND LILY OF THE VALLEY BY THE ART FLORAL CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. palls are very suitable when expense is not an object. It takes many thou- sands of violets to make a full-sizetl cover, and there is a lot of work wir- ing the little bunches, drawing them through and fastening them on the back, but there are frequent occa- sions in the best trade when such covers are ordered, and when the price is right the retailer may well advise their use, for they are
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. IQIO. The American Florist, 101. CASKET COVER OF ORCHIDS AND LILY OF THE VALLEY BY THE ART FLORAL CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. palls are very suitable when expense is not an object. It takes many thou- sands of violets to make a full-sizetl cover, and there is a lot of work wir- ing the little bunches, drawing them through and fastening them on the back, but there are frequent occa- sions in the best trade when such covers are ordered, and when the price is right the retailer may well advise their use, for they are unequalled for richness, and no f3ower is more suitable than the purple violet. Very beautiful effects can also be had by using vio- lets for the ground work of the cover and making a design such as a cross or spray of lily of the valley, Easter lilies, white carnations or other flow- ers for the center and other prom- inent places on it. Southern retailers, when flowers are scarce, make a cover by wiring galax leaves closely all over the sur- face, and arranging clusters of flow- ers in the center and at the corners, not hard bunches, but pretty, loosely arranged ones with sprays of lily of the valley, narcissi, hyacinths, or some such flowers leading from one to the other. But one of the most commonly used foundations or ground work for a pall is made by wiring on strings of Asparagus plumosus closely to- gether. Nearly any flowers are suit- able for use this way, anything in short that will lie flat and yet make a good showing. Again very nice ef- fects are had by using crosses or other arrangements of flowers in the center and at the corners, and connecting these with tracery of smilax and small flowers, not in stiff lines but naturally and prettily arranged. The accompanying illustration of a pall of cattleyas and lily of the valley shows what superb effects can be se- cured by the use of these exquisite flowers in the hands of a skilful de- signer. This pall was the work
Size: 2171px × 1151px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfloriculture, bookyea
