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Madonna Lilies in a long white vase of ground 

 glass, or beneath the picture in a jar of yellow 

 glass floats a saffron-tinted Water Lily, the Chro- 

 matella, or a tall sapphire glass holds deep blue 

 Larkspurs of the same shade, or in a red Bohe- 

 mian glass vase are a few carmine Sweet Peas, 

 another harmony of color, or a charming dull red 

 Japanese jar holds a few Nasturtiums that exactly 

 repeat its hues. The lovely combinations and con- 

 trasts of flowers and vases are simply endless. 



On another small table below the " altar " are 

 pink Water Lilies in pink glasses and white ones 

 in white glasses ; a low basket of amber glass is 

 filled with the pale turquoise of Forget-me-nots, 

 the glass is iridescent and gleams with changing 

 reflections, taking tints from every color near it. 

 Sweet Peas are everywhere about and fill the air 

 with fragrance ; orange and yellow Iceland Pop- 

 pies are in tall vases of English glass of light 

 green. There is a large, low bowl, celadon-tinted, 

 and decorated with the boughs and fruit of the 

 Olive on the gray -green background. This is 

 filled with magnificent Jacqueminot Roses, so 

 large, so deep in color as to fully merit the word. 

 Sometimes they are mixed with pink Gabrielle 

 de Luizets and old-fashioned Damask Roses, and 

 the bowl is set where the light falls just as it 

 should to give the splendor of the flowers its full 

 effect. In the centre of a round table under one 

 of the chandeliers is a flaring Venice glass as pure 

 as a drop of dew and of a quaintly lovely shape ; 

 on the crystal water therein lies a single white 

 Water Lily, fragrant snow and gold. By itself is 



