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inserted amongst the flowers the result is seldom satisfactory, and 

 the vase has a heavy, unnatural appearance. When flowers and 

 leaves' are on the same shoot the result is quite different. Of 

 foreign material to arrange with Sweet Peas there is nothing better, 

 or, I think, nothing so good, as sprays of Gypsophila, which bears 

 an elegant mass of small flowers on slender, branching shoots. 

 These associate admirably with Sweet Pea flowers and are very 

 generally employed. One variety might be mentioned as especially 

 suitable for table decoration, although it is perhaps invidious to 

 make the distinction since there are now so many very beautiful 

 sorts, numbers of which are especially well adapted for home 

 decoration ; it is the variety Mrs. Alfred Watkins, a lovely pink 

 Sweet Pea, shown in the illustration on page 37. One peculiar 

 characteristic of this sort is that it has gracefully curving stems 

 which seem to lend themselves particularly well to use in vases. 

 This peculiarity may be readily noticed in the photograph. 



