How TO Treat Cut Flowers 



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simply because it was proper. Now everybody, for 

 some mysterious reason, likes a mixture of colors; all 

 of which goes to prove that if there are any fixed 

 laws in art they are not exactly like those of the 

 Medes and Persians. 



Basket made up of Marigolds and Dahlias with a few sprays of Asparagus Sprengeri. 

 The colors are orange and yellow in a light blue basket, and moss was used to hold the 

 flowers loosely in place. Many other combinations, of course, can be used to equal 

 advantage. As a simple artistic arrangement this basket fully expresses the author's 

 ideal (see page 132) 



