166 BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



FLOWERS FOR DRYING 



These everlasting flowers will be found very valuable, when 

 dried, for winter decoration. 



*Statice sinuata (all varieties). 



* Bonduella. 



* latifolia. 

 *Eryngium (all varieties). 



Acrodinum. (Pink and white.) 

 Helichrysum monstrosum. 

 Gypsophila paniculata. 



Jlore pleno. 



*Echinops Ritro. 

 Physalis Franchetti. Commonly called the Cape Gooseberry. 



* Bunyardii. An improvement on Franchetti, as the 



seed-pods are produced higher up the stems, and 

 it is also taller. 



Rhodanihe maculata. (Cool greenhouse annual.) 

 *Linaria. (Honesty.) 



All flowers for drying must be cut just when they have 

 arrived at their full perfection, and must on no account be 

 left to get spoiled either by rain or exposure to the sun. The 

 colour will fade in the process of drying if this is not carefully 

 looked to. 



* These are the best in their respective classes. 



