General Hi7its 



FLOWERS FOR THE COMMUNION TABLE. 



There is a very simple plan of forming Crosses or 

 any other suitable device for vases, by having a flat 

 wire frame made, in shape like a battledore, or rather 

 a racket-bat, with meshes of wire. The stalks of any 

 flower of a light colour may be placed in the meshes 

 of the frame in any required form, and the remaining 

 parts filled in with dark leaves or flowers, making the 

 desired figure stand out in relief, as it were. A vase 

 is filled with wet sand, and the stalk of the frame 

 inserted. 



As soon as any one of the flowers shows signs of 

 flagging, it can be taken out and replaced by a fresh 

 bloom, without injuring the general form of the 

 design. 



When it is desired, and the form will admit of it, a 

 semi-globular wire frame may be made to cover the 

 Font ; and flowers may be so arranged as to present 

 the appearance of being piled in banks. 



It is as well to gather flowers for use in decoration at 



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