. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. roQ them with American ways. Their visit to the gardens of Versailles, with its wonderful landscape work and the va- riety of shrubbery, was also a surprise. Mr. Moon will have a new vision of hor- ticulture when he returns to America. W. T. Usinger. FLOWER STORES IN GERMANY. To an American Visitor. For the last ten days I have been in Gt^rmany. I have visited Trier, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, and now I am rtady for central Germany. The flower siores in the above-mentioned cities resemble our own United States stores nwre than do the French. Berl
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. roQ them with American ways. Their visit to the gardens of Versailles, with its wonderful landscape work and the va- riety of shrubbery, was also a surprise. Mr. Moon will have a new vision of hor- ticulture when he returns to America. W. T. Usinger. FLOWER STORES IN GERMANY. To an American Visitor. For the last ten days I have been in Gt^rmany. I have visited Trier, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, and now I am rtady for central Germany. The flower siores in the above-mentioned cities resemble our own United States stores nwre than do the French. Berlin espe- cially has several fine flower stores, the biggest being J. C. Schmidt's and Kothe's, both on Unter den Linden. Kothe's also carries an art line of Japanese ware, mostly large pieces of jjottery and other pieces of bric-a-brac that go well with Huge baskets were seen, fully filled, mostly with chrysanthemums, with small clusters of other flowers placed here and there for color. Wide ribbons are used (our chiffon is seldom seen), and the two-tone flower shades predom- inate, with a good share of silver and gold ribbons. The baskets used are of tlie style imported by one of our large wholesale houses, and they are well adapted for work, being dark in color. Little in light or two-tone baskets is seen, either in Germany or in France. French florists, I might add here, use few baskets, except for table decora- tions and gift purposes. The German flower stores are conspicuous for the large number of made-up wreaths on display, both natural and artificial. These are sold ready-made in most in- stances, and people can be seen carry- ing them off unwrapped to fulfill their mission of sympathy. Many natural greens are used in all of the work. I do not mean ferns and so forth, but pine, raspberry foliage and many other wild shrubs that grow along the roadside. All varieties of plants are in abundance and some especially fine cyclamens were seen. Prices in Germany. I mi
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