Flowers and Festivals 



Speeches, if any, fewer and shorter. Athletic games 

 for prizes, and dancing from 7 to 9; at 9, go to 

 rest, and be thankful." 



There is much other useful matter which may be 

 gleaned from the book itself 



Before concluding this work, it may be as well to 

 give some little information as to the time the floral 

 decorations should remain up in their places in the 

 Church. 



Of course a great deal must depend upon the 

 nature of the materials, and the length of time they 

 will last, without getting faded and shabby — as, inde- 

 pendently of any stated times, it will be as well not to 

 allow the decorations to remain in a faded condition, 

 and spoil the effect they might otherwise have made 

 upon the mind — and, as no definite rule can be laid 

 down for this case, every thing of the sort must be 

 settled by individual experience. 



Herrick, in his " Hesperides," gives us, in a few 

 quaint lines, the custom in his time; and, as some such 



