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of music, with notes formed of purple immortelles or violets. Lyres and 
harps are also appropriate for this purpose. A white yacht on sea oJ 
Roman hyacinths. 
MILITARY AM) G. A. K. DESIGNS. 
These usually represent in some way the national colors, red, white 
and blue. The proportions of color depend on which branch of the ser- 
vice you are working for — blue indicates the infantry, red the artillery, 
and yellow the navy. 
A military button : A white star of Niphetos roses, white balsams 
and carnations, was laid on a flat round basket. The spaces between the 
points were filled in, two points of red carnations, two points of yellow 
Perles and one point of blue " Bachelor's Buttons" or larkspur; edged 
with ferns and smilax. 
A pillow of Niphetos roses and pansies, upon which rested crossed 
swords of violets, entwined with a small laurel wreath. 
A draped flag, in graceful folds of the red, white and blue. Red, of 
scarlet geraniums or carnations ; white, carnations or balsams, and blue, 
of immortelles or blue violets, pansies, larkspur, or " Bachelor's Buttons." 
The stars were of daisies. 
A panel laid on an easel had a flag worked on it, the panel being of 
white flowers or ivy, and the flag made as above. A scroll of ivy leaves 
had laid on it a flag of the red, white and blue, which was caught into 
folds by a drawn sabre. 
A star of blue violets or pansies on white ground is pretty. 
An upright shield, standing on base of dark hybrid roses. The lower 
portion of shield was striped red (Jacqueminot) and white I Niphetos) 
roses ; the upper section of blue was of solid blue pansies, with stars of 
single blossoms of hydrangea Thomas Hogg. 
The Garfield ladder of fame. This may suggest something for similar 
occasions. Placed at the base of the ladder is the canal boat, his starting 
point. He started climbing the ladder of fame at Chester ; continuing up 
we mark the next step Williams. Then followed his upward steps 
in military and political life — Colonel, General, Congressman, U. S. 
Senator and President. A crown surmounted the ladder, emblemizing 
the final upward step. The union shield, draped in mourning with a dove 
of peace resting on it, bearing in its beak the inscription on white satin, 
" In Memoriam." 
A soldier's cap. A knapsack of white flowers, with monogram of 
company in red, white and blue. 
A monument, surmounted with an eagle, bearing a streamer with 
" G. A. R." on it ; or, an eagle on shield of white. A stack of guns made 
of violets, on field of daisies and ferns. 
Pen and sword entwined, with laurel wreath. 
