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Green is essential in all bouquets, and the foliage of the respective flowers is 

 always best fitted to show off their peculiar charms, yet a feathery and plumy 

 green adds grace to all arrangement of flowers. 



Nothing can produce a more lovely appearance than a vase of Lilies of the 

 Valley, mingled with the emerald green folds of their own foliage. 



Camellias, Azaleas, Orange flowers, white Jessamine, Myrtle, white Heath* 

 and white Violets, mingle together in odorous beauty to adorn a bridal scene. 



Rose-buds should not 

 be forgotten, also the 

 lovely waxen-petalled 

 Stephanotis, and half- 

 blown Gardenias. 



As a general rule, all 

 flowers of thin texture 

 and pale delicate colors, 

 fade so quickly that they' 

 are not suitable for 

 decorative purposes. 



They look exceeding- 

 ly pretty while growing, 

 but they will not im- 

 prove any floral ai-- 

 rangement. Nemophila, 

 Convolvulus, etc., etc., 

 are lovely in their liv- 

 ing beauty, but gath- 

 ered they add nothing 

 to the beauty of others ; 

 while Carnations, Ge- 

 raniums, Rose, Asters, 

 etc., etc., are always 

 most brilliant and last- 

 ing. Fern leaves are 

 also beautiful in vases, 

 and so efiective that 



but few flowers are re- ^ig. 43. Table Decoration with stand of Ferns. 



quired to make a brilliant display. 



Branches of Ivy are lovely and mingle well with scarlet and white Geraniums. 

 When many vases are desired to be arranged, it is well to fill each vase with 

 shades of one color, scarlet, crimson, pink, white, blue, purple, etc. 



Hanging Baskets of cut flowers, much used for decorative purposes, and the 

 style of flowers should correspond with that of the basket. In little lattice 

 work baskets, the graceful fronds of Ferns, light wreaths of Ivy-drooping Fuchsias 

 and sprays of Begonia, with Lobelias and Rose-buds, Cyclamens and Snow- 



