. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi I. The American Florist. 158 For dainty table work we have sweet peas, wall flowers, freesias, forget-me-not, marguerites, white and yellow pansies and lily of the valley. For center pieces snapdragon or cut sprays of acacia are being utilized, while for massing there is an ample supply of cut forsythia, lilac, cerasus and prunus, in fact, decorators for all nnd every kind of formation find a wealth of most desirable material at hand. For funeral purposes, every llower in the list is perfectly eligible, .ilso
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi I. The American Florist. 158 For dainty table work we have sweet peas, wall flowers, freesias, forget-me-not, marguerites, white and yellow pansies and lily of the valley. For center pieces snapdragon or cut sprays of acacia are being utilized, while for massing there is an ample supply of cut forsythia, lilac, cerasus and prunus, in fact, decorators for all nnd every kind of formation find a wealth of most desirable material at hand. For funeral purposes, every llower in the list is perfectly eligible, .ilso one flower not yet mentioned, and that is the calla. outside of a funeral occasion, the calla seems to be the one lonely subject that has no place. St. Valentine's Day at Chlcag:o. The call for flowers for offerings for St. Valentine's Day kept the florists, especially in the down town stores. very busy all the first days of the week. The supply of flowers was excel- lent, and there was a large quantity of splendid seasonable stock from which the purchasers of something ap- propriate for a valentine might select their offering. There was. of course, the usual display of fine roses and car- nations, but the greatest showings were in the smaller flowers, and there were quantities of violets, arranged in innumerable combinations with orchids and roses; sweet peas of all the differ- ent colors, and these were offered not only in pretty bunches and corsages, but, also, put up in small baskets tied with neat and attractive bows of rib- bon that harmonized with the flowers. There was also to be found prettily ar- ranged bunches of forget-me-not, the flower that particularly appeals to the beaux and belles on this day. Cattleyas were to be seen at all the stores but they were about the only variety of the orchid family that were offered in any quantity. White lilac was noticeable in all the windows, and some very handsome sprays were to be seen. Lily of the valley was used in quantity,
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