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fessional, who will respond to her demand for 

 service by decorating her parlor or table pre- 

 cisely as he decorated her friend's, last week. 

 By the exercise of her own taste she can secure 

 variety, originality, and save enough money 

 to pay for extra flowers if she needs them. 



The general principles mentioned in con- 

 nection with home decoration can profitably 

 be applied to the decoration of the church. If 

 you have but few plants available, concen- 

 trate them about the altar or pulpit. If you 

 have all you care to use, group some at each 

 side, reserving the best for the most prominent 

 places. A Palm at one side of the altar with 

 a bank of Ferns across the foot of it, and a vase 

 of choice flowers above, will be found a very 

 simple arrangement that will always please. 



There should always be a prominent point 

 in all decorative schemes, and this can be 

 brought out by the use of color, as in the vase 

 of flowers on the pulpit desk. A fine effect can 

 be produced by banking pulpit or altar with 

 Ferns, against which a single plant of iVzalea, 

 or Easter Lily, or Genista will stand out beau- 

 tifully distinct and vivid. Try this, and you 

 will get a good idea of what satisfactory work 

 can be done with a very small amount of ma- 



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