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every item employed displays its own beauty, while the judicious blend and balance is 

 entirely satisfactory. The example affords an object-lesson worthy of study by all who 

 desire to excel in decorations of the nature portrayed. 



The dining-room is frequently too small to admit of decorating it with plants, other 

 than on the dining- 

 table, of which some- 

 thing has to be written 

 a little later ; but it is 

 sometimes possible to 

 arrange a light group 

 of palms, crotons, dra- 

 ceenas, grasses, ferns, or 

 other appropriate kinds, 

 at the back of the larger 

 sideboards. The fire- 

 place, when not in use, 

 can also be decorated 

 with plants, as advised 

 in the case of entrance- 

 halls, also corner groups 

 of palms and other 

 plants are occasionally 

 possible, as well as 

 desirable. 



Only the lightest or 

 most elegant plants, 

 such as Cocos Weddel- 

 liana, Geonoma gracilis, 

 Crotons Chelsoni, and 

 interruptum aureum ; 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, Cyclamen persicum, Roman hyacinths, Lily of the Yalley, 

 snowdrops, and others of an elegant character, with small vases, each filled with one 

 kind of sweet-scented choice flowers, are tolerated in the ladies' boudoir ; plants are 

 rarely placed in bed and dressing-rooms, unless by special request. Space is generally 



Fig. 153. Artistically -aebanged Stand. 



