. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 650 The American Florist. April 20, Double glazing for greenhouses was being freely discussed. English wallflowers and daffodils in bronze and gilt hamper baskets, bound with old gold and sage colored ribbon, were used as Easter gifts. Aquatics and nocturnal flowering plants were very popular in the conserv- atories at country seats. Real ostrich eggs in baskets of violets were stocked by one retailer and sold for Easter presents. Trade during Lent was unusually ?ood. Violets to the number of 27,000 were used in o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 650 The American Florist. April 20, Double glazing for greenhouses was being freely discussed. English wallflowers and daffodils in bronze and gilt hamper baskets, bound with old gold and sage colored ribbon, were used as Easter gifts. Aquatics and nocturnal flowering plants were very popular in the conserv- atories at country seats. Real ostrich eggs in baskets of violets were stocked by one retailer and sold for Easter presents. Trade during Lent was unusually ?ood. Violets to the number of 27,000 were used in one funeral piece by Hanft, of New York. Very smart burlesque cuts of men and women, singularly like orchid flowers, under the names of Odontoo-touch-em- pulcherrimum (expensive), and Dudo- glossum ignobilis (true parasite), ap- peared in The American Florist. Passiflora Constance Elliott was win- ning golden opinions. A botanist counted 83 different kinds of wild flowers in the course of a drive found Enterprise, Fla. A thief caught in the act of stealing rose bushes from Mountain View cem- etery, San Francisco had to pay $250 for the damage caused. A Cincinnati bride was married under a floral wishbone three feet in length. John Thorpe estimated the area cov- ered with glass in this country at 6,^0 icres. Leptosyne maritima was described as "one of the most lasting flowers to wear in a hot ; There was much clever advertising of the then new Puritan rose. Very elaborate designs in sub-tropical bedding were carried out in the Arizona Gardens, Monterey. Cal. W. A. Manda was deploring the little use made of the spring plants in the gar- dens of America. PEOPLE WE KNOW. Water Lily Pond. Bd. American Florist :— Will water lilies live in a pond built of tar paper, tar and sand? Will such a pond hold water if built ot two alter- nate layers ot tar paper and tar, adding tar and sand until this material acquires three-fourths of an inch? E. P. G. Not having used such ma
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