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102 BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



I was thinking at the moment of the two staple 

 families of commerce, the Odontoglossum and the 

 Cattleya and had forgotten Oncidiums, those most 

 graceful of all Orchids. These are nearly all yellow, 

 bronze, or brown, and they are beautiful beyond 

 description when arranged with any and every other 

 yellow flower. They add a charm to all work in which 

 they are used, and although it sounds somewhat 

 daring I can assure my readers that they go well 

 with all other Orchids with which I have ever used 

 them, except Vanda cceruka, which is a most trying 

 colour to associate with anything. 



The table for which I think I received more 

 compliments than any of the thousands I have 

 designed, was one which gained the championship 

 prize at Edinburgh Great International Show some 

 years ago. It was composed of Cattleyas (Gaskel- 

 liana and " Iris "), Oncidium varicosum Roger sii and 

 Oncidium crispum with a few Lcelia tenebrosa. 

 I used very little foliage of any sort and that of a 

 tender golden green, and when finished I added a 

 dozen or so of long, thin, bronze Croton leaves, 

 I believe it was Chelsonii. 



The competition was very strong indeed and the 

 prize a most valuable one, but the judges, who 

 were men of long and great experience, told me 



