. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 526 The American Florist. April The less expensive holders are, painted plant tu))s, earthen pans and bark covered boxes. The trellis box is also a good seller, the latticed support, when trimmed with a baby rambler, offering a splendid background for the small plants in front. The foliage plants consist of small palms, kentias or arecas, in three or four inch pots, sinall Pandanus. Veit- chii. variegated funkias. dracaenas in variety, particularly Sanderiana and Kelleriana. Crotons are especially val- uable in th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 526 The American Florist. April The less expensive holders are, painted plant tu))s, earthen pans and bark covered boxes. The trellis box is also a good seller, the latticed support, when trimmed with a baby rambler, offering a splendid background for the small plants in front. The foliage plants consist of small palms, kentias or arecas, in three or four inch pots, sinall Pandanus. Veit- chii. variegated funkias. dracaenas in variety, particularly Sanderiana and Kelleriana. Crotons are especially val- uable in three and four-inch pots. Nephrolepis Norwood, elegantissima. Smithii and Verona, all feathered ferns, are very effective. The near Farley- ense, or adiantums. Glory fern, cunea- tum and Croweanum add grace and refinement while Pteris cretica and Mayii, with their white strii>ed foliage, relieve heavy spots of green. Any of the flowering plants that are available are, of course, to be used in these combinations. Many that are not symmetrical, or with scarcely blos- soms enough to make a salable plant, will fit into and give color and good flni-sh to many plant arrangements. There is great enonomy of time, and a much better gi-owth and finish, to all work of ;; character when it is made up at the greenhouse the week before it is to be offered for sale. The neces- sary receptacles, and all the stock for filling, should be gathered together at one of the growers, where skilled men, without interruption, can in a sliort time make great progress. With the .gradually increasing stock before them, combinations are repeated or changes and variety in the new work suggested. A good plan is to have a schedule num- bering the amount of the various sizes, to meet the store's demands. There should be tags attached to each ar- rangement, on which is written the cost price of the receptacle, and the stock used in filling, this latter to be added as each is planted. All work should pres
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