CHAPTER XV 
Gifts that will Please a Flower 
Lover 
You may break, you may shatter the vase if you 
will, 
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. 
—NMoore. 
CHRISTMAS giving to the flower lover is a mat- 
ter of delight, for if you stop to think you will 
know what the recipient will be sure to appreciate. 
Cut flowers always afford joy, from an inexpensive 
bunch of carnations to the choicest American Beau- 
ties. The Christmas blooming plants, however, 
last much longer, and the rich scarlet berries of 
the ardesia will survive the holiday season by sev- 
eral months. Poinsettia has been steadily increas- 
ing in popularity, and can be surrounded by ferns 
that will live on indefinitely. All the decorative 
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