24 BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



time of the year which will either harmonise with 

 or contrast nearly every known colour. 



It is of the greatest importance that the flowers 

 go well with the room in which they are used, and 

 it is better to have no flowers at all rather than any 

 which clash. A room may be very beautiful without 

 flowers, but it will be utterly spoilt if it is decorated 

 with flowers which interfere with the colour-scheme. 



The human eye is much more sensitive than many 

 people imagine, and, although one's friends cannot 

 ask to have flowers removed, I can assure you I 

 have heard many people say that a loud and ill- 

 chosen floral decoration has made them positively 

 unhappy for hours, with no chance of escape. In 

 a chapter which will appear later on, entitled " A 

 Few Useful Hints," several further pages on Home 

 Decoration will be found. 



HARDY FOLIAGE PLANTS AND FERNS FOR 

 HOME DECORATION 



Aspedistra (green). Draccenas nibra and insignis. 



Auricaria excelsa. Arabia Sieboldii. 



Cryptomeria. Cyrtomium falcatum (fern). 



Nephrolepis exultata (fern). 



I have proved conclusively that the above are practically 

 the only things that will exist in draughty or dark passages 



