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cooler scheme of colour, and mix the pale 

 lavender of Celestial or Lady Grisel Hamilton 

 with the soft warm pink of Oriental; or, cooler 

 still, the white of Dorothy Eckford and pale 

 primrose of Mrs. Kenyon ; or again keep ex- 

 clusively to the delicate beauty of Dainty. 

 But of all Sweet Peas for the table, the pure 

 cerise of Coccinea is far the most effective by 

 candle or lamplight. With all these delights 

 I use their own foliage freely; the grass of 

 the Carnations and green haulms of the Sweet 

 Peas harmonising admirably with the dull 

 greens and blues of the glass. And how far 

 better (and certainly more wholesome) an 

 appetiser are such schemes of decoration on 

 the table, than Angostura bitters or Ver- 

 mouth, when the tiresome duty of getting 

 down a slice of mutton on a hot day lies 

 heavy upon one. 



One mistake at least such it seems to me 

 that I often observe, is the eager desire that 

 some people display to pick little sprigs 

 of this, that, and the other flower, wholly un- 

 related to each other or to any scheme of 



