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DECORATIVE FOLIAGES, ALSO WOOD- 

 LAND LEAVES AND HEDGEROW 

 FLOWERS 



I AM giving a very comprehensive list of these as, 

 in addition to the fact that many of them create 

 most desirable and uncommon effects in the garden, 

 they form, in a cut state, the very backbone of all 

 floral decorations. 



Although nearly all flowers in their natural state 

 are supplied with an abundance of foliage, it must 

 be remembered that many of the flowers of daily 

 commerce are produced artificially and are used in 

 somewhat unnatural ways ; they therefore require 

 a lot of help in the matter of added foliage. 



Neither must it be forgotten that at those times 

 of the year when flowers are scarce a good bunch 

 of prettily tinted leaves makes a few flowers go 

 three times as far as they would without them. 

 These foliages, in addition to being helpful in the 



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