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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1913 



<^* Spraying is a part ^^ 

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IT is essential to good fruit, and healthy, vigorous 

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Making Floral Decorations 



PHE time comes to all of us when we wish very 

 A much for sufficient skill to weave flowers and 

 vines into some simple set form. 



The wreath is the oldest and simplest set form, 

 and is the most suitable for all occasions. A wooden 

 hoop is a good foundation ; heavy wire or a straight 

 twig or apple tree sucker may be bent into the shape 

 of a hoop and firmly tied. Have plenty of green, 

 plenty of flowers, and plenty of string. Tie one end 

 of a yard of common twine firmly around the found- 

 ation. Make a small bunch of flowers, say six 

 sweet peas, with green each side, hold the bunch 

 in place on the foundation and wind the stems and 

 foundation firmly together, yet not tightly enough 

 to cut the stems. Lay on another bunch of the 

 same size, with the green arranged in the same way, 

 covering the stems of the first flowers, and wind it 

 fast. Don't be sparing of the twine; make an oc- 

 casional half-hitch around the foundation for firm- 

 ness. Tie the second string to the first. It is 

 easier and smoother than tying them both to the 

 foundation. Clip the stems to three inches; longer 

 ones make the wreath bunchy in places. Do not 

 try to build a loose, free effect; a wreath is most 

 satisfying when kept strictly formal. 



Nearly all small garden flowers make pretty 

 wreaths. Pansies, lilacs, daisies, roses, violets, 

 Drummond phlox, pinks, and even small asters in a 

 single row, work up beautifully and easily. Geran- 

 ium leaves, dusty miller, feverfew, carrot leaves, 

 myrtle, and Scotch rose twigs are suitable for greens 

 and are easily found in summer. One of the finest 

 wreaths I ever saw was of wild white trilliums wound 

 thickly all around a wide pail hoop; another beauty, 

 that showed the maker's appreciation of the things 

 nearest, was of white elder blossoms and June grass 

 heads. 



To make a cross, tie a short, smooth stick in place 

 across a longerone until it isperfectly solid. Tie green 

 at the top and down each side, with the flowers, but 

 the tiniest bit will do as the effect should be light 

 and dainty and not cumbersome. Keep the line of 

 flowers small and run the first line straight down to 

 the foot, where the flowers can be broken off and 

 fastened in place with fine wire hairpins. Begin 

 again at the end of each arm of the cross, making 

 the bunches on the ends just like that at the head, 

 and working toward the centre. The foundations 

 for both wreaths and crosses should be decidedly 

 small, for the flowers will enlarge them surprisingly. 

 Since crosses are made only for funerals, they are 

 usually of white or palest lavender or blue, and only 

 small flowers should be used. Sweet peas, alyssum 

 and candytuft, white pansies, English daisies, violets 

 and forget-me-nots are all suitable. 



If one has large flowers to fix for a funeral, such 

 as asters, dahlias, chrysanthemums, gladiolus or 

 lilies, they should be made into a spray. Use the 

 greens plentifully; the flowers should look as though 

 reasting on a bed of green. Branches of asparagus, 

 large woods ferns (if used immediately) sprays of 

 kochia (summer cypress), or rose branches are 

 usually to be had and the addition of a few sprays 

 of clematis or any pretty vine helps the appearance 

 of lightness. Arrange the spray to spread and 

 taper gradually, and lay the flowers so that the 

 color is well balanced. The spray might taper one 

 way and be tied with ribbon; or two ways and have 

 the centre, where the stems are firmly tied, covered 

 with vine sprays or bound with a rope of small 

 flowers. 



Let cut flowers stand in water at least an hour 

 before making up; over night is, of course, better. 

 If forms must be kept some time after making lay 

 them in an ice box, on the floor of the cellar, or on 

 a bed of wet grass, moss or cotton. Keep the air 

 around them cool and damp but do not wet the 

 flowers themselves; if you do, the petals will soak 

 and droop. 



When decorating a public place with flowers aim 

 at large, conspicuous effects. The small dainty 

 decorations that take so much time to get up do not 

 make sufficient show for the labor. Use young 

 evergreen trees, potted, that can be planted where 

 wanted later on; the tubs can be hidden with potted 

 plants or bouquets of tall flowers. Big jars of 

 forest branches with just a few large flowers arejvery 

 striking. 



Massing one's efforts in one place is another secret 

 of effective decoration. One of the finest schemes 



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