A FEW USEFUL HINTS 187 



I am shortly sending out, through the medium 

 of wholesale sundriesmen, a new green lacquered 

 wire which will be a great boon to all florists. 

 Among its many advantages over the old iron wire, 

 the most important are that it is almost invisible, 

 being the exact colour of the stem, it does not rust 

 and injure the dress of a lady who may be wearing 

 flowers wired with it, and it is moreover specially 

 soft and pliable. Unfortunately I have to get this 

 wire made for me in Germany as I can get no 

 English firm to undertake it. 



When wiring flowers it should always be borne 

 in mind that nearly every one of them requires a 

 different-sized wire according to the amount of 

 support needed. It is almost better to leave a 

 flower helplessly hanging over the side of the vase 

 than mount it with too heavy a wire, as no one can 

 possibly make an artistic vase or design with flowers 

 which have been so stiffly mounted that they will 

 not bend. 



Always bear in mind that it is not by cramming a 

 vase full of flowers that effect is produced. Flowers 

 that grow in clusters, such as Rambler Roses, Azalia 

 mollis, &c., may be so arranged again, but those 

 which grow singly should always be arranged in 

 such a manner that they may be seen separately. 



