BALL-ROOM DECORATION, 



chancel entrance, or groups with the pots covered with moss, or plants of tree box in a 

 similar position, are decidedly effective ; and we sometimes see plants in the corners, 

 outside the rails, on the steps leading to the altar, in front of reading desks, lecterns, at 

 the base of pulpits, and other positions where there is room for them to be arranged 

 without inconvenience, 



BALLS AND CONCERTS. 



Bare walls of large rooms should be festooned with evergreens, and draped with 

 banners, a wreath of evergreens all around the top beading giving a good finish. Neatly- 



Fig. 1C3. Summer Fii!epla.ce. — Date Palms and Caladiums. 



made wreaths may be also taken from each corner, and from midway down the sides 

 to the centre chandelier, or if there be two or more chandeliers in a long room the 

 wreathing may be draped from one to the other. Whether the chandelier shall also be 

 decorated with evergreens, ought to depend upon its construction, or whether it lends 

 itself to decoration or not. Balconies may be either festooned or draped with banners, 



