168 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



lu arranging avoid stiifness, place things in the most 

 natural position in the way most pleasing to the eye. Always 

 decorate for eliect having in mind the object of your decora- 

 tion, whether it be a home decoration in honor of some friends, 

 a church affair or a ballroom, a wedding or some national 

 event. 



The first impression in entering a decorated place makes 

 the most lasting effect and as you advance further it ought 

 to be followed up with various vines, bowers, groups of 

 plants, and tropical foliage and clusters of flowers as if to 

 say within these walls no cold winds shall ever strike our 

 bower. 



Now for a parlor decoration, will say for a wedding, first 

 see the rooms if possible and arrange for the style and tone 

 of the decoration as well as the price. 



In decorating you must govern yourself some according 

 to the price and style of the decoration. 



For an ordinary wedding place a group of tall palms at 

 each side where the bridal party is to stand, with a light 

 background of plants, arrange them in such a way that all 

 pots are covered, making a natural display of foliage. 



You can also if wanted place a canopy made of asparagus 

 plumosus or smilax over where the bridal party is to stand, 

 making it a complete bower between the two groups of plants 

 which makes a very fine effect. 



Or if desired vou can make a floral bell, a love knot or a 

 horse-shoe suspended draped from the ceiling with festoon- 

 ing of asparagus or smilax fastened back to the walls in the 

 shape of a canopy. 



If there is a mantel you can bank the same with ferns 

 standing tipped or laid down, making a complete bower of 

 green, place a bank of cut flowers in front of the mirror and 

 cover the shelf with greens of asparagus or smilax. 



In front of the mantal place a few palms on each side with 

 a few ferns and some blooming plants in front of the fireplace. 



What plants you now have left you can place in various 



