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pot plants of Palms, Cycads, Draccenas, Ferns, 

 Caladimus, Crotons, and other fine foliage plants. 

 Table decorations should always te light, airy, and 

 graceful. If the specimen plants used are large and 

 the cut flower arrangement heavy the whole thing is a 

 nuisance rather than an ornament, obstructing the view 

 and interfering with the freedom of movement. "When 

 decorating the table then, use neat handy specimen, 

 plants, placing the largest in the centre, and have your 

 vases and trumpet glasses light and elegantly got up. 



Koses are the great favourites for all purposes where 

 cut flowers are employed, and during the Summer 

 there is no stint of that lovely queen of flowers. In 

 the Autumn, Winter, and Spring the principal flowers 

 used are Orchids, Azaleas, Camelias, Spring flowering 

 bulbs, Lily of the Valley, Cinerarias, Pelargoniums, and 

 all the usual forced flowers of the season. 



The commoner flowers of the year make as good 

 arrangements as the rare and high priced Orchids and 

 hot house flowers. Nothing can excel the efiect of the 

 Rose or the Iris. Dahlias, Gladioli, Geraniums, 

 Fuchsias, Stocks, Asters, and in fact all the common 

 summer bedding plants are excellent to cut from. 

 Some of the hardy herbaceous border flowers are really 

 gems ; for instance the Aster alpinas alba, is just as 

 good a white flower as we need wish for ; while the 

 Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks are the favourites of 

 all cut flower decorators, Penstemons, Antirrhinums, 

 Sweet Williams, and Flaxes are also good cutting 

 flowers. And for Winter table decoration what could 

 be better than the richly coloured variegated Scotch 



