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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_23_1 (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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^^iS THE CHRISTMAS HAMPER. The accompanying illustration of a hamper of poinsettias shows the work of Charles Henry Fox, at the Sign of the Rose, Philadelphia. It is a particularly pleasing arrangement of dwarf poinset- tias and ferns, the scarlet bracts of the poinsettia predominating. The hamper is one of those such as are imitations of the hampers in which champagne often is seen displayed. The cover does not show distinctly in the illustration. CORSAGE BOUQUET SHIELDS. The corsage shield is one of the things that never come amiss—you can put it on every bouquet with the assurance that it will be appreciated, especially as the shields are comparatively new. Of course, the fabrics are of the finest. One of the features of the bouquet holder is that the "handle" of the shield is pinned to ladies' dresses, not the bou- quet itself. The bouquet is placed against the body of the shield, with the stems of the flowers over the handle of the shield; the flowers are fastened by tying to the handle with a ribbon tie or silk cord, placing the bow in front. Pin the ar- rangement to the dress by merely passing the pin over the handle of the shield, not over the stems of the violets or other flowers. In these corsage shields the body and handle are of fibre, covered with satin. The shields are of lace or plaited silk chiflfon, with satin edges. When worn, the shield is covered by the bouquet, the lace or chiffon forming a rich back- ground. Another/form of corsage protector is a lace handkerchief, 12^x13 inches. Both tbese protectors do away with the old-fashioned tinfoil still sometimes used. The illustrations of corsage protectors are from photographs supplied by Wer- theimer Bros., New York. WILL IT PAY ? What should be the income, or profit, from an establishment of 7,000 feet of glass, considering that a general line of stock is grown, catering to a general trade at good prices? There are five acres of good soil. N. B. Is there money in the business? It's a question often asked. How much in- come from a given area? It is only an- other form of the inquiry. Who could answer? It all depends on the man. Look about you. Note the men who have apparently equal facilities. One is quite evidently making money; a little experience of another will prove his in- come doesn't suffice to meet his bills. It's all in the man. Greenhouses and appurtenances are no more than the tools of an occupation :—the ability to use them is what deter- mines the result. Give one man five acres of land and 7,000 feet of glass and he soon will have the whole place built up with greenhouses. Give another man the same facilities and the only thing he will put on the place will be a mortgage, and te won't be able to rebuild the houses when they, like other tools, wear out. It's all in the man. The largest places in this country were originally started with less than 7,000 feet of glass. COLLEGE COURSE FOR FLORISTS. (A paper by Chas. N. Page, of Des Moines. la., read at a meeting of the Society of Iowa Florists, In Des Moines, • December 9, 1908.? It is. a common remark that all trades and professions are crowded and young men are apt to think that there is but little chance for them, but this is not true of the florists' business. There has always been a scarcity of good florists in' this country and we know of one green- house man who keeps an advertisement of "Man Wanted" standing in the trade papers almost the year around. This is largely owing to the fact that young men cannot secure a good all-round training in any of the large greenhouse estab- lishments. They may learn how to do the rough work and potting of plants and still for years learn nothing of the general care of greenhouse stock, and have but a faint idea of the treatment required by the various classes of plants. If their work is in a rose growing estsib-
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Christmas Hamper of Poinsettias and Ferns. . i

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