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something finer and more neatly put together. Oval 

 and round are the only permissible forms for flower 

 baskets ; the flowers ought also to be rounding in form, 

 yet not too much so. We give an illustration (fig. 4b) 

 as the easiest method of conveying our idea of the best 

 outline. The basket shown here is also one of the best, 



Fig. 49. BASKET OF FLOWERS (IN FASHION 1887). 



but whether high or low, the open round or oval basket 

 is very effective. [I may here state that this formal 

 method of filling flower baskets is, at this date of writing, 

 completely ignored ; but it is well yet to let it be shown 

 here, for who can tell what may be the next fashionable 

 freak. This formal method of construction followed the 

 negliye style now in use, which was that of forty 

 years ago for what few bouquets or baskets were then 



