How TO Treat Cut Flowers 



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such occasions, that is, all the lower portion of the 

 rooms which are usually free and open will be occu- 

 pied by throngs of guests; consequently, all the lower 

 vistas and lines of vision will be cut off and flowers 

 to be effective, or even seen, must be placed above the 

 shoulder level. Mantels and tall bookcases are then 

 the proper places. Vistas through lines of open doors 

 are most important considerations. Flowers on the 



A PRETTY CENTERPIECE 

 A Japanese bowl, a thin vase with two or three long-stemmed flowers, and one or 

 two stemless ones to float on the surface of the water, together with such simple 

 adjuncts as a bird or butterfly, make this arrangement (see page 148) ' 



