40 ox ARRANGING STANDS OF FLOWERS. 



If you liave not tlie even number of flowers, anrl either dark or light, 

 predominate, let a whole row be light, or a whole row dark, rather 

 than throw all the gloom at one end. We never like to see more than 

 two flowers in a stand approaching each other in shade among the dark 

 colours, and it is bad taste to liave more. Dark purple and black, two 

 different crimsons, lilac and rose, orange and scarlet, yellow and white, 

 lio-ht tip and dark tip. Here would be twelve flowers worth notice, if 

 their form Avere first-rate ; and be it remembered that this could be 

 managed out of our present flowers. But there are shades and colours 

 that would matcli better than even tiiose we mention ; say, for instance, 

 we have the following twelve flowers, grown, as they can be grown, to 

 make a splendid stand of twelve ; we give two for choice : — 



Fearless, Stopford, Sir F. Batliurst, ISfagnificent, 



or or or or 



Mrs. Anderson. Triumph. Standard of Perfection. Mrs. Shelley. 



" We need hardly assert here that it is easier to arrange twenty-four 

 than twelve ; we have nothing to do but place flowers of marked cha- 

 racter opposite eacli otlier. Suppose, for instance, we had exactly the 

 same flowers mentioned in the top row, tliat is, all the eight for tlie 

 back row of twenty-funr, we sliould place Mrs. Anderson and ISIrs. 

 Slielley at the corners, Stopford and Triumph second at eacli end. 

 Magnificent and Fearless third, and Sir F. Bathurst and Standard in 

 the middle; take tlie next row, place Scarlet Gem and Duke of Wel- 

 lington at tlie ends, Cornwallis and Antagonist second, Shylock and 

 Nonpareil third, and Queen of East and Miss Vyse in the centre; and 

 now, for a liglit bright row in front, Radziwill and Deliglit outside. 

 Yellow Standard and Cleopatra second, Toison d'Or and Golden 

 Fleece third, and Beauty of Hastings and Queen of England in tlie 

 centre. Two of any colour together never look bad in the centre, but 

 if we have brilliant flowers, they should be opposite and near the ends, 

 because they lighten a stand materially. In short, the arrangement of 

 twenty-four is only an enlargement and improvement of the plan for 

 twelve ; we have only to balance the flowers as well as we can in depth 

 of colour, and begin at the ends. 



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" If the dark ones preponderate, separate them as much as possible 

 by the few light ones you have, or at least spread the few light ones 

 about the stand as uniformly as you can ; scarlets and lilacs and orange 

 colours can be made to teU for dark flowers among light ones, or lignt 



