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riots. Over the whole was interspersed spikes of lily of the valley 

 and fronds of maideu-hair fern, plenty of the latter being put 

 round the outer edge. It was finished off with a good paper, and 

 tied with white ribbon. 



I made a bouquet last season of much the same flowers, save in 

 place of the purple pansies and blue forget-me-nots, 1 employed a 

 purple or rather mauve-sbaded cineraria, and blooms of dendro- 

 bium nobile, and through the lily of the valley placed mauve cycla- 

 men. It was not arranged in auy set form, but the orchids were 

 mounted to stand up above the other flowers amongst the lily of 

 the valley, cyclameu, and maiden-hair fern. Round the edge were 

 fronds of the latter, also those of Pteris serrulata; it was tied with 

 ribbon, one end white, the other belug mauve of corded silk. The 

 paper was a haudsome one, but with no lace attached. 



In conclusion, I shall describe one I saw lately exhibited in a 

 florist's window in Covent Garden Market, and I remarked at the 

 time that it was very elegant. The following flowers were employed 

 in its construction : gardenia?, bouvardias, camellias, and, in the way 

 of colour, yellow rose-buds (Marechal JN'iel), and little buuehes of a 

 bright blue nemophila. It was one of the most charming arrange- 

 ments I have ever seen. 



BUTTON-HOLE BOUQUET AND COAT FLOWERS. 



Every one knows the difference between a button-hole bouquet 

 and a coat flower i:*, that the bouquet consists of two or three 

 varieties, as the case may be, while a coat flower should be only a 

 sino-le bloom, associated with some fern or other foliage. The 

 prettiest coat flowers are a rose-bud, gardenia, orchid, camellia, and 

 such like. These should, as a rule, always liave plenty of fern 

 fronds associated with them. The same flowers may be employed 

 in bouquets with the addition of such as bouvardias, pelargonuim 

 pips, heaths, forget-me-nots, and the hundred-and-one other varieties 

 suitable for this purpose, wiiich it would be impossible for me here 

 to enumerate. A foundation, or back to each bouquet, should be 

 formed of a camellia leaf, or any similar leaf of strong texture, 

 w hich keeps the whole arrangement firm and in its place. Bouquets 

 should be made of a pointed form, the point being formed by means 

 of such a flower as a spike of lily of the valley, heath, etc. The 

 mounting of flowers with wire for button-hole bouquets is similar to 

 those for the hand, save that so many stubs are not employed. But 

 any one who can mount and make up a good hantl bouquet need 

 not fear a button-hole one, though, of the two, the latter is by far 

 the most dilhcult. 



A DouiiLE GLAMOLrs, raised by M. BurnarJ Nantais, .inJ exliibileJ before tha 

 Horticultural Socitiy of llic Haute-Garouno, is desoribed as lii^hly ornr.nicntal. 

 Fur some time past ilic temleiicy of the flower to doubling lias betu api);ireiit to 

 cultivators, aud it is probable that we siiall, ia course of time, have a sciies of 

 double varieties, possessing considerablo value for garden decoration. 



February. 



