©H/ipter II. 
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL FLORAL WORK. 
Corsage Bouquets — Hand Bouquets — Dress Garnitures — Baskets, Flat and Handled — 
Fans. 
/T\ORSAGE BOUQUETS or bunches are usually arranged in a loose, 
V^ careless manner, but should not be wanting in grace. Always 
endeavor to find out what color of dress your bouquet is to be worn 
with, so as to intelligently determine what color of flower will be best to 
advise. Knowing this you will probably be able to suggest a combination 
that will thoroughly please your customer. 
The following hints may contain something of use : 
La France and Duchess de Brabant roses and fern leaves. 
Papa Gontier roses and pink sweet peas of the same shade. 
Mignonette and daffodils ; Mad. Cusin roses and pink bouvardias. 
Mermet and rosy Roman hyacinths ; Xiphetos roses and white Roman 
hyacinths. 
Bride roses and lily of the valley ; Safrano roses and freesias. 
Bon Silene roses and bleached sea moss, (one writer calls this " mer- 
maid's hair" I ; carnations of sorts, with their own foliage. 
Water lilies are best with no foliage. For "garden" corsage, we 
may have bunches of nasturtiums, geranium, golden rod. mignonette and 
sweet peas. Asparagus tenuissimus will not wilt, and with asparagus 
plumosa makes lovely misty green effects. 
Two or three selected hybrid roses, such as Rothschild and Magna 
Charta, with a few buds, make a charming corsage for a matron. White 
necklaces and square fronts of marguerites, lily of the valley and Roman 
hyacinths, are lovely for young girls. Flowers, with heavy fragrance 
should not be used, or used very sparingly. 
