i2 4 FLORAL DESIGNS. 
HAND BOUQUETS. 
These can consist of much the same combinations as were suggested 
for corsage purposes. No great admixture of colors or flowers is allowed 
by the present fancy. All hand bouquets are tied with ribbon ; the pre- 
sent fashion calls for i' 4 to i '_> yards of No. 12 to 16 ribbon as being the 
"correct " thing in width and length. Taste differs and fashions change 
in this, as in other matters of floral wear. 
For bridal bouquets see Wedding Decorations, Chapter IV. 
Besides the corsage combinations, the following maybe of use : 
Bouquets of shaded pink roses, Papa Gontier and Bon Silene, shaded 
to blush buds of Camille, fringed with pale sweet peas and fern leaves. 
Bouquet of Spiral mignonette, center cypripediums. 
Bouquets of American Beauty or other roses, or violets, or orchids, 
interspersed with fern leaves (see engraving, page 85), or bouquets of two 
colors, as Catherine Mermet and W. F. Bennett, Perle des Jardins and 
Niphetos, La France and lily of the valley or Roman hyacinths. 
For mourning, use a bunch of lily of the valley with border of Faust 
pansies, black or white ribbon ; or for lighter mourning a bouquet of white 
asters, shaded to purple edge, with ribbon to match. Some shades of 
lavender sweet peas are excellent for this work. Dark purple pansies and 
Niphetos roses also are good. 
DRESS GARNITURES. 
Young girls wear necklaces of marguerites sewed on white or black 
velvet ribbon, with square or V-shaped fronts of the same. Lily of the 
valley, sweet peas, Roman hyacinths, or any small blossoms are also 
suitable. 
Bonnets covered with sweet peas, or field daisies, or clover and ferns, 
or variegated ivy geranium, have all been successfully made. " Lotta " 
wore on the stage a bonnet of white violets with a cluster of pink roses 
at the side. A front panel of lily of the vally on fine silver wire, made 
into a square mesh or lattice work over white satin, was used for a bride. 
For the same purpose, small white Roman hyacinths, white lilac, pea 
blossoms, or any other fine white flower could be used. 
For party use, rose colored girdles of Mermet or Duchess de Brabant 
roses, or other pink flowers, are available ; an} - wearing flower can be made 
in this fashion. For a matron, a dark green silk, caught up with clusters 
of English ivy and heads of wheat, was effective. Another was of black 
lace, made up over lavender silk and and looped with a cluster of lavender- 
tinted asters ; a garland of the same crossed the floral breadth of the dress, 
and a bouquet of asters gave the finishing touch. An ecru silk was de- 
corated with yellow ox-eyed daisies. Asparagus tenuissimus and plumosus 
are also valuable, for they do not wilt. 
All flowers to be used for this purpose should be w r ell soaked — that is, 
