148 Milady's House Plants 



Indoor Floral Decorations 



In ordinary everyday life no attempt should be 

 made to decorate the rooms with flowers, but rather 

 they should be placed about the living-rooms in vases 

 and bowls according to the natural form of the flowers, 

 and in such positions that their beauty and fragrance 

 can be enjoyed by everyone in the house. Most 

 flowers show to best advantage when viewed from 

 above and consequently should be placed on tables 

 and low stands rather than on mantles or bookcases. 

 Short-stemmed flowers, such as Pansies, Nasturtiums, 

 Violets, Lihes of the Valley, and Sweet Peas, look 

 best in low bowls with the individual flowers well 

 separated from each other, either by their own or 

 other suitable foliage. This is not only a provision 

 of economy, but also presents the flowers iil their in- 

 dividual beauty, and one soon begins to know and 

 appreciate them as flowers rather than as bunches. 

 Tall, stately flowers require tall, stately vases of ample 

 capacity and stability. One cannot contemplate a 

 vase of tall, heavy flowers with serenity if it is totter- 

 ing on a narrow, unstable base, or if it is not large 

 enough to give the appearance of an ample supply of 

 water for the sustenance of the flowers. Vases and 

 bowls of various sizes and shapes should be on hand 

 in every house having a garden so that the different 

 flowers, as the seasons unfold them, may have their 

 suitable receptacles. 



Flowers on Party Occasions 



When many guests are to be entertained, flowers 

 may be used legitimately for decorative purposes. 

 One important change in conditions will obtain on 



