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instance, Mr. Powell's glass from the White- 

 friars' Works. How perfect it is for our 

 purpose ; clear white, opal, straw-opal, and 

 bottle-green. The soft tints straw-opal and 

 bottle-green for choice harmonise delight- 

 fully with any flowers ; while, as graceful and 

 practical in form as in tint and texture, the 

 vases give room for a plentiful supply of 

 water for the stalks. 



We have learnt much and have yet more 

 to learn from the Japanese, with regard to cut 

 flowers. A single stalk of white Lilies in a 

 precious pottery vase of dull blue or peach-blow; 

 a branch of flowering Cherry, Plum, or Apple 

 set in the stern and noble lines of a bronze jar 

 what a perfect picture they make. And how 

 the sunny, wainscoted sitting-rooms of ancient 

 English manor-houses come back to us, as 

 we fill an old blue Nankin bowl with heaped 

 up, freshly-gathered Roses. One of the most 

 perfect bits of decoration in a small way that 

 I have seen of late, was one of those solid, 

 pure crystal jars, set on a foot of gilt bronze, 

 that are only to be found at M. Enot's in 



