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fined in the house for twenty to thirty 

 minutes and then liberated? W. B. 8. 



We have used this formula, only the 

 above amount for 1,000 cubic feet in- 

 stead of 2,000, as stated in the inquiry, 

 and it ought not to hurt the violets if 



not left in long. It is very light and 

 rises rapidly and the house should be 

 tight in order to get the full benefit oi 

 the fumigation. We have tried both 

 ways, but consider twenty to thirty 

 minutes much to be preferred to leav- 

 ing it in all night. B. E. S. 



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QUAINT RECEPTACXES. 



There are times when one resents the 

 use of the dignified tall vase or the 

 prim rosebowl, or even a fancy basket 

 for the more common flowers and for an 

 informal luncheon or tea, the studies pre- 

 sented herewith may prove to be com- 

 fortable nestling spots for the eye, 

 both iu their color toning and freedom 

 of arrangement. 



For an odd setting for Shasta daisies 

 invert a sun hat with a wide, flexible 

 brim. Cut the brim loose from the 

 crown about one-third of the distance 

 around the crown. Boll back the edge 

 of the brim opposite this cut until it 

 touches the crown and fasten there with 

 a strong pin. Find a low dish or bowl 

 trhich will fit the inside of the crown, 

 fill it two-thirds full of water and set 

 in a generous bunch of Shasta daisies 

 with a few ferns. Draw a dozen or so 

 daisies through the slit around the 

 crown, downwards, still retaining the 

 ends of the stems in water, careless of 

 breaking or bending them. On the left 

 allow a few of the cluster to fall out 

 as they will, on the table, as shown in 

 the first picture. 



In cutting flowers let the length of 

 the stems be far from uniform. Half 

 or more may be of about equal length, 

 but there should be a few shorter ones 

 to carry the color lines far down into 

 the water, while a noticeable propor- 

 tion should be cut longer, to reach far 

 out and up from the main body of the 

 group. 



One easy method of securing a nat- 

 ural grouping of cut flowers is that of 

 gathering the flowers all together in 

 the hand with the lower ends of the 

 stems even; set the entire bunch in the 

 vase at once, loosen your hold and the 

 flowers will arrange themselves. The 

 aversion which nearly every person 

 bears to some one flower is usually due 

 to having seen that flower in some 

 awkward position or poor setting. So- 

 called "stiff" flowers are grossly ma- 

 ligned. Nature never produces an un- 

 graceful flower or leaf-stalk. Stiff ef- 

 fects with any kind of flowers should 

 be blamed upon poor arrangement. In 

 the first study there should be an air of 

 a hatful just gathered. 



The second study is a pink shell, r 

 serving the purpose of a pansy bowl 



filled with long-stemmed pansies, the 

 whole being set on a mat of the same 

 flowers. The mat consists of brown 

 and purple pansies laid flat, with the 

 stems outwards. The coloring of the 

 pansies in tlie shell ranges through the 

 browns and yellows, combined with 

 purple in many shades and tints. Small 

 shells, like that shown at the left, can 

 be used in groups at either end of the 

 table, with the large shell as a center, 

 one at the plate of each guest. Here, 

 as in the first study, the flowers will 

 arrange themselves if given a fair op- 

 portunity. A network of Asparagus 

 Sprengeri holds the flowers in place 

 without crowding the shell full. Placed 

 on the table immediately before calling 

 the luncheon or tea, the flowers out of 

 water will last well enough for the one 

 function. 



The third is a hardy phlox study, in 

 coloring light pink with dark eye, of 

 the variety Henry Murger, in large 

 proportion of color, together with a 

 truss of the beautiful rich American 

 Beauty color, Mme. P. Langier. In 

 combination with the phlox are a few 

 heads of rye and a liberal sprinkling of 

 the well known hardy grass, Eulaiia 

 Japonica variegata. The feature of 

 this arrangement is the wide sweep of 

 the upper leaves of the eulaiia and the 

 position of the lower ones to blend in 

 form with the handle of the pitcher. 

 Sprays of phlox, cut in stem lengths to 

 correspond with the height of the re- 

 ceptacle, suggest that the much longer- 

 stemmed would be decidedly top heavy 

 in appearance. Proportioned coloring 

 is an interesting and fascinating study. 

 Never set in two colors half and half 

 of each. Have one color largely pre- 

 dominate. Blue decorations on a gray 

 background on the pitcher blend easily 

 with the deep crimson and delicate pink 

 of the phlox blossoms. 



i In all of these studies there are pretent 

 .an, efise of position and a simplicity 

 r»?hioh . carries one away from the "bou- 



Qualnt Receptacles for Flowers.— A Sun Hat and Shasta Daisies. 



