. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. THE USE OF SMILAX. When a florist is called upon to deco- rate for a large dinner, he frequently finds that the table arrangement pro- vides for the seating of the guests on one side only, the table usually being set around three sides of the room, sometimes in the shape of a horseshoe. With such an order the florist's task is not only to make the top of the table attractive with flowers, but to properly decorate the unused side. The accompanying illustration shows an especially good treatment. This was an immense horseshoe-shaped table and the unu
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. THE USE OF SMILAX. When a florist is called upon to deco- rate for a large dinner, he frequently finds that the table arrangement pro- vides for the seating of the guests on one side only, the table usually being set around three sides of the room, sometimes in the shape of a horseshoe. With such an order the florist's task is not only to make the top of the table attractive with flowers, but to properly decorate the unused side. The accompanying illustration shows an especially good treatment. This was an immense horseshoe-shaped table and the unused side was garlanded with smi- lax. The illustration shows how ex- actly alike all the loops in the garland were, and it is a more important fea- ture than the flowers themselves, which consisted principally of roses in baskets. This was the work of John Mangel, Chicago, for a wedding dinner with fifty-two guests. AN INTELLIGENCE DEPABTMENT. In Every Retail Store. One of the most crying needs of many an otherwise well managed retail store is what may, for want of a better title, be. termed the intelligence depart- ment. Customers, especially in the smaller cities and towns, have a habit of asking for many things not usually oflFered prominently, though they are easily obtained and may be disposed of at a good profit. The ignorance of many clerks and even proprietors of re- tail stores, as to what kinds of plants are grown in nearby nursery or green- house establishments, is a culpable neg- lect of one of the greatest aids to business. I am positive that, were one to strike an average, the proprietor of a retail store does not visit as often as once in two years the growers who supply him. The wide-awake ones do, and reap the benefit by always knowing what the various growers have to offer and where they can procure anything asked for and not usually kept in stock. Visiting the Grower. There may still be some dull days in store for us befpjfe the season opens up. Now, whic](''
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