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AN ODD FELLOWS' EMBLEM. 



The accompanying ongrav 

 a photograph of a Moral am 

 W. E. Kin- East. Santa Cn 

 the funeral of a member of t 

 lows' fraternity. The three 



ogemenl bj 

 iz, Cal., for 



he Odd rel- 

 inks are of 



stocks, carnations and ferns and are sur- 

 mounted by a star of carnations fes- 

 tooned with adiantum ferns. The links 

 are attached to a wire easel and the 

 treat incut of the feet of the latter seems 

 to us to be especially good. The photog- 

 rapher failed to take in the full length 

 of the feet. The lilies at the right had 

 their full length of stem, and they made 

 an excellent contrast to the campanulas, 

 asparagus, etc., used at the left. Below 

 the links but above the lilies is a panel 

 containing the letters "F. L. T." a 

 symbol of the order, and the name of 

 the lodge sending the piece appears on 

 the ribbon at the right. 



Designs of this character are frequent- 

 ly asked for and nothing will satisfy the 

 members of fraternal orders except floral 

 representations of their emblems. Often 

 the result is grotesque rather than ar- 

 tistic and it should be the constant effort 

 of florists to avoid this by a somewhat 

 free treatment of the subject. In the 

 arrangement illustrated the emblem is 

 readily recognized, while rigid lines have 

 lieen avoided and the graceful treatment 

 of the easel helps further to relieve the 

 stiffness of the design. 



BACKGROUNDS AND ACCESSORIES. 



This is a chapter of "don'ts." Too many 

 decorative plans do themselves injustice 

 by their ill settings. It is just as essen- 

 tial to have harmony between the back- 

 ground and the floral decoration as to 

 require a correct blending among the 

 parts of the decoration itself. Color, of 

 course, lights and shades, spacing and 

 union of lines, depth of space and points 

 of termination, must all be considered in 

 selecting a plan for a decoration in 

 front of which a receiving party is to 

 stand. Suppose it is to be a home wed- 

 ding. The first essential is to find a 

 place where the best view can be had 

 from adjoining rooms. This is the only 

 thing which should deter the decorator 

 from selecting the prettiest place in all 

 the house. Even then it is seldom one 

 finds a background entirely to his fancy. 



A side wall, a corner, a swell window, 

 mantel, mirror or a lace curtain drapery, 

 -.ire among the available places. In the 

 first two, we are apt to run against un- 

 promising conditions. Too often the 

 background is a dark, papered wall of 

 intricate and elaborate design, which dis- 

 plays green draperies and garlands to no 

 advantage whatever. Tor most pur 

 poses, neutral tints in wall decorations 

 are to be preferred, but not often for 

 our uses. The soft olive green wall other- 

 wise so beautiful and desirable throws 

 a sickly yellow glare over the glossy 

 smilax foliage. 



Most emphatically, in these cases, 

 <lon't proceed to put up a decoration 



without manufacturing a ne 

 ground. Don't start a new sc 

 set of line- over the lines of th 

 nent decoration, unless you fol 

 elaborate upon the original des 

 on a wall this is practically in: 

 The only result of such an attem 

 be a confusion of short lines wi1 

 connection and the floral scheme 

 too. If green is to be used pri 

 get a good, clear background thl 

 with the permanent coloring of t 

 If no suitable material for 



is a good framework. It is not necessary 

 to cover all the wire. It can be gilded 

 or painted the same color as the foliage 

 used. Stretch the panel from the pic- 

 ture moulding to the floor, being careful 

 to avoid puncturing the front, of the 



w Iwork and the plastering, .Much de- 



structive w< rk can be sen, ,,„ walls where 

 tacks and nails have been driven indis- 

 criminately, where the use of guy wires 

 from the top and sides of the woodwork 

 would have saved the surface of the wall. 

 I.acc curtains are often used as back- 

 gri unds for greenery. This material is 

 legitimate for oui use if we keep within 

 the border patterns. The same princi- 

 ple holds g 1 lure as with the designs 



on a papered or fresc 1 wall. Keep off 



the patterns. Another "don't" is in place 

 riglrl here. Don't let the new sets of 

 line- which compose the temporary dec- 



orati cnilict with the general outline 



of the permanent decoration. Take up 

 the ideas which the frescoer or the tex- 

 tile artist has worked out. and elaborate 



The Odd Fellows.' Three Links in Flower*. 



background can be found in the house, 

 draw on your own stock of accessories 

 or manufacture something out of your 

 inner consciousness. Make a screen or 

 hang some drapery of plain soft ma- 

 terial, or make a panel of galax. as- 

 paragus, lycopodium. native autumn 

 leaves, Alabama smilax, or some other 

 tough foliage, as the case requires or the 

 market affords. Common chicken wire 



with flowers and foliage. One test of a 

 good eye is the ability to analyze a de- 

 sign that is set in sight, as well as to cre- 

 ate a new scheme. 



Right here is another almost necessary 

 requirement of a good floral designer, 

 and that, is a knowledge of the princi- 

 ples of design in its widest sense. To 

 know by intuition that a certain bowl of 

 flowers is arranged correctly is by no 



