. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 226 The American Florist. Sept. i^, furnished by T. J. Totten, Saratoga's well-known florist, and hung by Clinton Hudson and a score of assistants. The ground work of the color scheme was green. Holly and smilax were festooned around the windows of the great hall, draped and wreathed about the balcony and the pillars were wound with it. This background was relieved at frequent inter-rals by spikes of gladioli. The stage was an elaborate conception, with visions of rocks, moss covered terraces, green banks, etc., s
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 226 The American Florist. Sept. i^, furnished by T. J. Totten, Saratoga's well-known florist, and hung by Clinton Hudson and a score of assistants. The ground work of the color scheme was green. Holly and smilax were festooned around the windows of the great hall, draped and wreathed about the balcony and the pillars were wound with it. This background was relieved at frequent inter-rals by spikes of gladioli. The stage was an elaborate conception, with visions of rocks, moss covered terraces, green banks, etc., surrounded by laurel, myrtle, smila^ and gladioli. Urns filled with blooming and foliage plants were set along the balconies and served to relieve the monotony of the dark green. The dance of the evening was most brilliantly executed, the stage effects being heightened by calcium lights. In the audience were many people of national fame. The great day of the carnival was Thursday, with its flower parade. The pageant had been very widely adver- tis d by the railroads which center at Saratoga and visitors poured into the town from all quarters. Broadway, the principal street of the village, was turned into a bowtr of beauty. The great hotels and stores were gay with fcst oon- ings of laurel, evergreen and gladi li in addition to burning. The demand for decorative matt rial was so great that all the orders could not be filled and the demand for flowers was felt for a radius pf twenty miles around the village. The pageant proper began at 2:30 p. m., by which time an immense crowd had gathered. The first section con sisted of the flower bedecked vehicles of the society people, two of the representa- tive ones being shown in the accompany- ing illustrations. The victoria of Miss Augusta Gage was decorated with hydrangeas and white asters. The car- riage of Mrs. J. Blair Scribner was cov- ered with asters and gladioli. For the first time there were a number of decor- ated automobiles i
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