THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



cent visits to New York and other places where he 

 had seen the much beribboned hydrangeas and 

 other plants, and said that there might be uses 

 for ribbon, but it was not on a well-grown, well- 

 flowered plant. When he does use ribbon, it is of 

 the more showy type, and not crape or silk. 

 Color arrangements were mentioned, and lavender 

 and orange, such as lavender sweet peas and 

 calendulas, were suggested. The scattering of 

 greenery on tables after flowers had been ar- 

 ranged was roundly denounced as utterly uncalled 

 for and out of place. The speaker then closed 

 with a demonstration of arrangement of narcissi. 

 The paragraphs above are a compilation from 

 reports in The Florists'' Exchange and The Florists' 

 Review. They are full of suggestion and sound 

 advice for amateurs as well as for professionals — 

 for the woman in her house as well as for the 

 woman florist. Where box green is not obtain- 

 able, other foliage green may be substituted. I 

 use twigs, young twigs of bush honeysuckle often 

 in steadying flowers in bowls or tall opaque vases; 

 and I take this because it grows at hand, and is 

 the most convenient thing to get. I crumple the 

 twigs with the leaves on them and press this into 

 the jars or bowls. Or often in broad and shallow 

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