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flat dishes. Begonia leaves and those of Cissus discolor, are much in request for 

 this purpose 



A bouquet with a rich rose-colored flower as its central piece, and the next row 

 of blue and white Hyacinths or violets tied to wires or broom corn splinters, and 

 the outside mixed with rose color, blue 

 and white, with a pretty, misty border- 

 ing of Gypsophila, or dive, falling over 

 deep crimson leaves, will be a most 

 effective design. A pure white Camellia 

 for the centre, with a wreath of white 

 Heath mingled with Blue Violets, or For- 

 get-me-nots, is very lovely. 



The central flower white, and the outer 

 wreath of scarlet Geraniums, is also 

 pretty 



Carnations and Lilies of the Valley 

 will mingle finely. 



Among garden flowers how infinite 

 the choice, ribbon grass, pear blossoms 

 tea violets, lily of the valley, with its 

 leaves, white lilacs; dielytra, roses, in 

 their season ; the fragrant lilies of July, 

 and the bright geranium or verbenas. 

 Saucers of pansies, edged with musk, are 

 lovely ; so are balsams, with plenty of 

 their own leaves. 



A pretty design may be made as fol- 

 lows : Fill a glass dish with curled parsley 

 leaves, put a white jonquil in the centre, 

 from which let five sprays of the lily of 

 the valley radiate ; or a star may be made 

 of daisies and myrtle, or of blue and 

 white larkspur. 



A very novel bouquet may be made 

 by taking an unripe melon, cut off one 

 end, stand it up on the cut part, then 

 surround with the stiff leaves of the 

 Paeonia, and stick the melon full of 

 dahlias and asters. 



In one of our illustrations (43) may 



be seen a beautiful design arranged Fi g .4t. ornamental stand tor vase of' 

 with ferns. A few long fronds are arranged to fall over the vessel at the bottom, 

 and a few sprigs of flowers are introduced to fill up the vase ; around the 

 small staff which rises upwards, twines the Lygodium scandens, and from the 



