8 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



round the handle ; light coloured flowers or foliage should be nsed 

 Avith dark fruits, such as grapes, plums, etc., and the reverse with 

 light fruits. 



The eftect of a dinner-table does not at all depend on the gor- 

 geousness of the flowers and fruit employed. But I do not wish it 

 to be supposed that I condemn stove or rare varieties, and would use 

 commoner kinds in preference. What I mean is, taste is what is 

 required ; and that a few commoner kinds arranged with taste and 

 lightness, will look far more eflective than expensive varieties put 

 together in a clumsy manner. As an instance of this I may refer 

 to the drawing-room stands to which the first, second, and third 

 prizes were awarded at the Provincial Show of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society, held at Birmingham in June, 1872. The flowers used 

 in the first-prize arrangement were white water-lilies, white sweet 

 peas, blue corn-flowers, white rodanthe, ferns, and wild grasses. 

 That of the second prize consisted of pink cactus flowers, white 

 water-lilies, pink and white rodanthe, ferns and grasses. The third 

 prize consisted of white water-lilies, white rodanthe, and oats. Many 

 of the vases to which no prizes were awarded contained orchids and 

 other choice and costly flowers. I have only mentioned these as a 

 confirmation of my theory, above expressed. 



At present there is no lack of flowers in Covcnt Garden Market; 

 amongst others, the following are in season : camellias, chrysanthe- 

 mums, arums, begonias, bouvardias, cyclamens, eucharis, heaths, 

 primulas, pelargoniums, Eoman and other hyacinths, roses, etc. 



I shall describe a centre-piece that I should arrange out of the 

 above, selecting for my stand the Marchian with trumpet out of top 

 tazza. Hound the edge of the bottom tazza I should place mixed 

 varieties of ferns, laying out on the table cloth ; I should then 

 fill in with white chrysanthemums, scarlet pelargoniums, and 

 maiden-hair fern. Up the glass stem which supports second tazza 

 I should twine a spray of variegated ivy. Round the edge of 

 the upper tazza I should place some di-ooping fronds of maiden- 

 hair, and some blooms of Lapageria rosea; I should then put in 

 four white camellias, some scarlet Bouvardias and maiden-hair. In 

 the trumpet, Roman hyacinths, scarlet Bouvardias, maiden-hair, 

 and wild grasses. This arrangement would do for either artificial 

 or daylight use, though just now dinner-table decorations are only 

 required for the former. In some future numbers of the Floeal 

 World I shall give hints on other styles of Floral Decorations. 



THE .WOOLLY MARIGOLD. 



^p^^E have given this name to a pretty composite, the bo- 

 tanical name of which is Andryala Mogadorensis, iu 

 order that it may be the more easily remembered, 

 because we expect and hope to see it become a popular 

 and useful bedding plant. Dr. Hooper, who has 

 figured and described the plant in the "Botanical Magazine" 



