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throat.” The column of water is about one hundred feet high, and while 
the geyser is recovering from the effects of this novel emetic we leave 
the subject of Iceland and its sensitive i: 
Hassarp’s FLORAL Decorarions.1— This little manual seems to 
us to be quite novel in some of its he and certainly very attractive, 
It will afford many a new suggestion, and the hints are in good taste. 
We select the titles of a few chapters to give some idea of the scope of 
the work: Preparing Flowers, Wiring Flowers, Gumming Flowers, 
Keeping Prepared Flowers Fresh; Plants through the Table, Decora- 
tions for Buffets; Table Decorations for Christmas Day; Arrangement 
of Fruit for Dessert; Vases for the Breakfast-Table ; Vases for the 
Drawing-Room ; Button-Hole Bouquets and Coat Flowers; Pot Plants 
in Rooms; Window Gardening, Hanging-Baskets, Fern-Cases, Stands 
of Plants; Plant-Stands for Halls; The Grouping of Plants in Rooms. 
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