Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw01amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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iHt uouuQ-, ORtxt^ e.oviVL^l^RO, cvwckgo', \J\tv^ ^R0^^ "\v\t soviiw. potful. Ordinarily these are placed in blocks, each kind by itself, but this sea- son the different varieties have been ar- ranged on the benches in a variety of pretty designs. The effect on all visitors is at once noticeable ; what would have been a plain, flat carpet of color is changed to a very attractive piece of mosaic bedding, and the usual remark is : "Why, we can have fancy beds in winter as well as summer." It will pay those florists whose custom- ers visit their greenhouses to bear such little points as these in mind. Make your greenhouses as attractive as possi- ble. It pays, as it brings your wares be- fore the purchaser in a more attractive manner and excites a desire for posses- sion. Make as pretty a combination as you can in your show heuse, and change it frequently, so that your customers will see something different on a succeeding visit. The arrangement of the goods in a store show window is considered a most important matter by the merchant, and he frequently pays a large salary to one who is specially competent in this work. The principle is just the same in our business, and the matter is just as im- portant. The beauties of any plant may be greatly enhanced by suitable combina- tion with others, and we should certainly aim to display our goods to the very best advantage. Lynn, Mass.—A flower and fruit show was held Oct. lo and ii under the man- agement of the Glenmere Odd Fellows. Chicago Parks. The engraving on this page gives a view of "The Mound" on Drexel boule- vard, looking from the south. This mound is thirty feet in diameter at the base and the apex rises to a height of six- teen feet; it contained as planted this year quite 30,000 plants. The horse is made of echeverias on a gound of Sedum acre ; the lower portion was handsomely planted in a fancy pattern of which we give diagram below showing plants used. The palm at the top is Chamserops fila- mentosa. The contrast in the colors of the plants in the lower part was excellent and did much to make the whole a very effective piece of work. We shall show other views of this mound in future issues.
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KEY TO DIAGRAM. I. Alternanthera parouychioides major. 2. Variegated sweet alyssum. 3. Alter, versicolor. 4. Oxalis tropasoloides. 5. Alter, aurea nana. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. At the recent annual exhibition first premiums were awarded as follows : Twenty-five ornamental plants, for florists. Small & Co.; 25 ornamental plants, for garden- ers, Wm. Joyce, gardener to Miss Baldwin; 12 gloxinias, H. A. Dreer; 12 tuberous rooted bego- nias, H. A. Dreer; collection of 15 decorative plants, Wm. Joyce; 6 ornamental foliage pis Wm. Joyce; specimen plants, divided between John m' Hughes, gardener to George W, Childs, and David Emery, gardener to Mr. Dissell; 1; crotous, Wm. Jamison; 25 palms, H. A. Dreer, 12 caladiums, John M. Hughes; 25 varieties of ferns, C. D. Ball; lycopodiums and selaginellas. Wm. Joyce: 6 varieties of marantas, Small & Co.; 6 varieties of dractenas. David Eniery; col- lection of orchids, E. D, -^^turdevant. Cut flowers —General collection, Allen Barr, gardener to Wistar Brown of Villanova; 12 varieties of peren- nial phlox. H. A. Dreer; 12 varieties of verbenas, H. A. Dreer; 24 varieties of dahlias, H. A. Dreer; 12 varieties of petunias, H. A. Dreer. Roses— Six Perle des Jardins, Evans & Battles; 6 Ni- phetos, Craig & Bro.; 6 Brides, Craig &Bro,; 6 Bennetts, Craig & Bro.; 6 Comtesse de Frig- neuse, Craig & Bro.; 6 Papa Gontiers, W. W. Coles of Lansdowne; 6 Sunsets, W. W. Coles; 6 American Beauties, W. K. Harris; 6 La France, Evans & Battles; 6 Madame Ctisins, Craig & Bro ; 6 Bon Silenes, W. W. Coles; 6 Catharine Mer- mets, Evans & Battles; 6 Puritans, Craig & Bro.; new rose, Mrs. John Lainof, Evans & Battles. Miscellaneous collection of ferns, Miss A. Bissett, collection of cacti, A. Blanc; collection of plants, David Emery; Amaryllis belladonna, H. C- ,Shea- fer; collection of plants. Small & Co.; case of ex- otics, Small & Co.; collection of tuberous-rooted begonias, H. A. Dreer; ferns, J. M. Hughes; or- chid b'ooms, Siebrecht & Wadley of New York. Design cf cut flowers, Peunock Bros.; table de- sign, Craig & Bro-; basket of cut flowers, Evans & Battles; hand bouquets, John Dick, Jr,; bridal bouquets, John Dick, Jr.; plateau of cut flowers. La Roche & Stahl; funeral design, W. H. Wyatt; wreath of flowers, John Dick, Jr.; cross of flow- ers. John Dick, Jr.; crown, W. H. Wyatt; funeral design (special premium), H. C. Sheafer.

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