. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgio. The American Florist. 366. ST. PATRICKS DAY WINDOW, BY H. R. HUGHES, WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO. Irish castle. Some of my Irish friends tell me it resembles a view they have seen in the old country. Tou may wonder who is the young Irishman in the scene. That is An- drew Mack, leading the famous donkey he rides when he sings those Irish songs that bring down the house. By the way, there is an old prece- dent that forbids a president of the United States from leaving the country during his term of office.


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgio. The American Florist. 366. ST. PATRICKS DAY WINDOW, BY H. R. HUGHES, WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO. Irish castle. Some of my Irish friends tell me it resembles a view they have seen in the old country. Tou may wonder who is the young Irishman in the scene. That is An- drew Mack, leading the famous donkey he rides when he sings those Irish songs that bring down the house. By the way, there is an old prece- dent that forbids a president of the United States from leaving the country during his term of office. I am glad that President Taft has decided to make an exception to this rule in this instance, and that he will step for a few moments from American ground to the soil of the Emerald Isle. popular for every class of decoration. We have frequently described the ar- langement of these plant baskets and nted say no more on this subject at present, except that the fine basket fgured was the work of the Ernst AVienhoeber Floral Co., Chicago. Easter Basket of Lilies and Other Plants. No flower is so popular at Easter as Lilium longiflorum, either as a pot plant or cut, and it is equally useful as a basket plant for associating with other species. It stands head and shoulders above everything else in its ehaste beauty and charm and there is nothing in the whole range of plants 'that can compare with it for the spe- •rial festival after which it is popular- ly named. A lily can never be put in [the wrong place; it associates well hvith any and every other kind of flow- k-r and plant and does not lose any of I'ts fine individuality or detract from |the beauty of the others. It is this quality that makes the white lily so Color Harmony. .\ paper read by E. A. Slatterj- at the March meeting of the Buffalo Florists' Club. Ever since the Grecians in the early ages made garlands of flowers, the question of color harmony has been one that has received the atten- tion of those interested in s


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