FLORAL ART 3 



themselves that artistic latitude which will enable 

 them to adapt the flowers to their new surround- 

 ings. Thus, if you have robbed a Laburnum in the 

 garden of one of its branches, see that it is put in a 

 high vase on the tallest pedestal in the house, so 

 that it may be looked up to ; or, if you wish to get 

 the best effect from a great bunch of roses, arrange 

 them in a rose-bowl on a low table where you can 

 look down into their very hearts. Never try to 

 make flowers look up when Nature has decreed 

 that they shall look down; remember Dryden : 

 " Art may err, but Nature cannot miss." 



As Art students visit picture-galleries to study 

 and become imbued with the spirit of the great 

 Masters, so should Floral Artists frequent such 

 gardens as Kew, where they may quietly contem- 

 plate and study Nature's own designs. 



It has been rightly observed that of late years 

 London has become one chief centre of Art and 

 Science, and we are bound to recognise that even if 

 the British character is not naturally artistic, it 

 possesses such appreciative and persevering qualities 

 that it has culled the arts from all other nations, 

 and made itself a worthy student of Beauty. 

 Even a casual observer who has not visited London 

 for ten years cannot but be struck to-day by the 



