6o THE PLANT WORLD. 



Most of the homes of this city have potted plants thriving on 

 the sills between the two sets of windows which the bitter cold of 

 this region necessitates. Here the " Jew geranium " is popular. 



At a wedding in Servia, in the ride from home to church, it is 

 the third carriage of the cortege which carries the floral offerings. 

 In honor of certain religious feasts, or sacraments, a tiny garland 

 of dried tansv. enclosing a small oniou, is set over the house-doors. 

 At balls, such as that of the coronation of King Peter, many of 

 the ladies of the nobility wear a slight floral arrangement in the 

 hair. Flowers grace the buft'et, too, being interspersed among 

 the platters. 



In the suburbs of Belgrade the sun-flower is in frequent use for 

 decorative effect. 



At Terpscidor, the royal chateau contains a small collection of 

 wax flowers set in queer slanted cases. 



Outside the walls of the cemetery are tables where flowers 

 are sold, while on the graves wreaths of artificial flowers almost 

 cover the mounds, each wreath enclosing paper or cloth bouquets 

 inside a center glass casing. 



On stated occasions, in the great Greek Cathedral at Bucharest, 

 capital of Roumania, the worshippers bow and kneel, and, on ris- 

 ing, are presented with a bouquet by the ])riest, much as bits of 

 palm are presented on Palm Sunday in our own Catholic churches. 

 One of the noted churches of this capital stands in a park of 

 flower-beds, made up of coxcombs, petunia, begonia, pinks, cannas 

 and kohlias. Before the oldest church in the city a gravel path 

 extends, and in this the portulaca runs riot, together with the 

 nasturtium vines. 



The handsomer residences of Bucarest, one and all face their 

 gardens, rather than the street, and there asters are abundant. 



At the annual agricultural fair here are shown artificial flowers ; 

 and, enclosed within, samples of the timber, and the leaf and 

 blossom of the " lumber-giving " trees. 



Floral patterns appear in much of the women's work, and there 

 are poppies sewn upon blue silk, and scarfs or roses (each flower 

 of a bit of red silk sewn in petal-like form upon the background), 

 that speak well for the work of the women of this region. 



