. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 688 The American Florist. Dec. 22, dinieres which are now so popular. Dur- ing the few remaining days most of the time in the city florists' stores will be devoted to arranging and preparing these attractive combinations, in the grouping of which there is lully as much tcope for the display of artistic taste as was ever the case with the cut flower creations of bygone days. The growing popularity of the zinc. CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. RITSON. lined hampers and fancy baskets for growing plants orcombinations of plants and
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 688 The American Florist. Dec. 22, dinieres which are now so popular. Dur- ing the few remaining days most of the time in the city florists' stores will be devoted to arranging and preparing these attractive combinations, in the grouping of which there is lully as much tcope for the display of artistic taste as was ever the case with the cut flower creations of bygone days. The growing popularity of the zinc. CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. RITSON. lined hampers and fancy baskets for growing plants orcombinations of plants and cut flowers has given an impetus to the basket maker's trade that will be appreciated by them. In the old days of the short-stemmed flower the basket shared with the formal bouquet the pop- ular favor and the basket houses found the floral demand an important item of their business, but with the introduction of the long stemmed flowers and the con- sequent changes in the floral fashions the basket demand languished and the basket maker had to look to others than the florists if he wanted to stay in business. In the interim the basket people have evidently not forgotten their old friends and now when the openmg is given them they are placing at the disposal of the florists, productions which display both enterprise and artistic taste and the florist who fails to provide for his cus- tomers a good assortment of these beau- tiful and appropriate holiday gifts is making a great mistake. At the meeting of the American Insti- tute on Wednesday, December 12, there was a fine display of orchids contributed by C. O. Roebling, John Crosby Brown, G. C. Rand, Julius Roehrs and Lager & Hurrell. Mr. Lager gave an interesting account of some of his experiences in orchid collecting and Dr. Rydberg and H. A. Siebrecht also made remarks on the same subject. The New York Horticult- ural Society held a meeting afterwards and Dr. Britton, who had recently returned from a European trip, describ
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