. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MORE VARIETr WANTED. Advantage in Wide Range of Colors. Last winter, duSfiag the propagating season, I spoke of the need of a greater variety of color in the carnation mar- ket, that being the time for laying your plans for the next season's plant- ing. If you heeded the suggestions oflfered at that time, you perhaps have added a few varieties of a different hue to the inevitable list of Enchant- ress, Eose-pink Enchantress and White Enchantress. If you did not, it can still be done when you transfer the plants from the field to the benches. Make u
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MORE VARIETr WANTED. Advantage in Wide Range of Colors. Last winter, duSfiag the propagating season, I spoke of the need of a greater variety of color in the carnation mar- ket, that being the time for laying your plans for the next season's plant- ing. If you heeded the suggestions oflfered at that time, you perhaps have added a few varieties of a different hue to the inevitable list of Enchant- ress, Eose-pink Enchantress and White Enchantress. If you did not, it can still be done when you transfer the plants from the field to the benches. Make up your mind at once, and order the plants to be shipped to you when the beds are ready for planting. To my mind, there is perhaps no greater danger threatening the carna- tion than this narrowing down to three or four staple colors, as is being done in the larger markets. That we need more white, pink and red carnations than we do of other colors is quite true, and that these must be grown in larger quantity no one will deny. But it is also trUe that to grow these colors to the exclusion of all the other beauti- ful and attractive shades robs the mar- ket of the means of bringing out the beauty in these staple colors by means of combination and contrast. Effective Color Combinations. What, for instance, is more beautiful than a spray of Enchantress finished off with a few fine blooms of Pocahon- tas, or a cluster of Rose-pink Enchant- ress and Yellow Prince? The same is true in making up table or mantel decorations; in fact, wherever you have a mind to use carnations. There is no question of the beauty of the staple colors, but the public likes contrasts. Have you never heard the comments at funerals or flower shows, where large numbers of people were gathered? Everyone notices the arrangements that are different from the regular run of such things, providing the arrangement is beautiful rather than radical. There is a wide difference between the two, not always appreciated by
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