USEFUL FLOWER-JARS 233 



charms of flowers and leaves, which consist in their form of 

 growth, their harmonious asymmetry, and their natural rela- 

 tions. Every school of flower arrangement in Japan would 

 scorn his rural bow-pot or guinea bouquet and teach him far 

 nobler thoughts." 



Few American families are so situated that they cannot 

 enrich the home with the beauty of plant life, either wild or 

 cultivated, if they will be content with the simpler things 

 from the outer world and not feel 

 that they must have the expensive 

 hot-house flowers, the only ones in 

 which the world of fashion seems 

 to be able to find any beauty. A 

 twig from the nearest tree is full 

 of the infinite variety of line and 

 color to be found everywhere in 

 nature, and will well repay care- 

 ful consideration, by any observ- 

 ing mind. 



MARIGOLDS 



How perfectly some flowers em- 

 body the spirit of the season ! The 

 dainty mayflower seems to hold 

 within its perfumed cup a suggestion of eternal spring no 

 more surely than the golden marigolds of our gardens seem 

 to carry with them the glorious perfection of midsummer a 

 fulness of form and richness of color that vividly embody the 

 suggestion of the hazy August noon. 



Many people apparently do not care for marigolds. Yet 

 they may be losing something worth while in not cultivating 

 these beautiful blossoms. The perfume may be a trifle 



Tall or African Marigolds. 



