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as the ordinary hand-bouquet, but composed entirely of white 

 flowers ; the sweet-scented orange-blossom being indispensable, 

 with the usual setting of graceful sprays of maidenhair and 

 sprigs of myrtle. 



A Table Bouquet should be about 12 inches in diameter, 

 and built on the same principle as the hand-bouquet. In 

 making a table-bouquet for exhibition, a choice selection of 

 free sprays of large brilliant-coloured flowers may be used 

 along with those already mentioned, such as Allamanda, 

 Amaryllis, Azalea, Camellia, Dipladenia, Hibiscus, Lilium, 

 and Rhododendron. Graceful sprays of fine foliage plants 

 can be employed with good effect when placed tastefully 

 among the flowers and around the edge. Long fronds of 

 choice maidenhair fern should be gracefully disposed all over, 

 and a tasteful fringe of greenery round the edge to finish 

 it off. The flowers may be wired to keep them in position, 

 but a bouquet-paper should not be used. 



Buttonhole Bouquets and Ladies' Speays. — The former 

 should be about three inches high and two inches wide at the 

 broadest part. The latter about nine inches in length and 

 three inches wide. They require to be made with great taste 

 and neatness, and of the choicest flowers. They should be 

 arranged on wires, beginning with a small graceful point, 

 gradually widening, and quickly rounding off to the stem. 

 They are generally exhibited in sets of six, and may be all 

 made of different flowers or in pairs. The smaller kinds of 

 flowers should be used, such as Orchids, Carnation, Bouvardia, 

 Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, Forget-me-not, and Rosebuds. 

 The natural leaves of the flowers should be used along with 

 neat fern fronds as a background. 



A Floral Wreath should be about 18 inches across, and 

 composed of choice flowers, which may be pure white or coloured, 

 according to taste. It should be built on a galvanised frame, 

 or ring of strong wire, covered with moss, over which should be 

 placed sprays of Cypress, Ferns, Mahonia, or such like, to form 

 a background. The flowers should all be wired (using No. 

 20) to go through the moss and keep them in position. A 

 groundwork of flowers should first be made over the sprays, 



