THE USE OF GROWING 

 PLANTS FOR TABLE 

 DECORATION :: :: 



ANY a woman would beautify 

 her table with flowers daily if 

 she could afford to do so ; but 

 at some seasons of the year the 

 price of even quite ordinary 

 flowers is prohibitive among 

 a large class of people, and 

 really choice flowers are out of the question 

 altogether. This being the case, the use of 

 flowers is confined to " extra occasions." 



I would suggest to the woman who takes a 

 housewifely pride in making the table as at- 

 tractive as possible for her own family, as well 

 as the frequent guest, that growing plants can 

 be used in the place of flowers with most satis- 

 factory results, provided they are kept in good 

 condition. Most homes, nowadays, have plants 

 in the window, and here she can secure stock 

 for table decoration. With fine plants to de- 

 pend on, instead of cut flowers purchased from 



249 



