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coloring unless at a high temperature. Another most 

 graceful plant, now very extensively used for its foliage, is 

 Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (Smilax ;) it is unsurpassed 

 for festooning, its wavy stems and glossy leaves being 

 admirably adapted for that purpose. It is of late years 

 'considered indispensable to mix in with natural flowers 

 when used for the hair ; it is also a climbing plant, attain- 

 ing the height of 20 feet in a season's growth. Rose, 

 Lemon, and Apple-scented Geraniums, are used in mixing 

 with flowers in making them up in the way described 

 in the following chapter. 



JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Chrysanthemum laciniatum, the Japanese Fringe Flow- 

 er, (fig. 41,) is comparatively new to our collections, it 

 having been introduced with several others in 1865. As 

 a Chrysanthemum merely, there is nothing remarkable 

 about it, except the fringed edging to the petals ; but last 

 year its winter-flowering qualities were discovered by one 

 of the leading flower-growers for the New York market ; 

 its blooming so late gives it great value for florists' pur- 

 poses. The flowers are double, nearly three inches in di- 

 ameter, delicately fringed, and of the purest white. It is 

 this season largely grown for winter bouquets, etc., by 

 most of our florists. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



CONSTRUCTION OF BOUQUETS, BASKETS, &c., &c. 



The following chapter on making up flowers into 

 bouquets, etc., and descriptive of the various styles now in 

 use in New York and vicinity, has been written by James 

 H. Park, of Brooklyn, L. I. Mr. Park's taste and judge- 



