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bouquet stand in a vertical position. Then the flowers 
which have been wired may be stuck firmly into the moss, 
those wires which come right through being turned into 
it again. During the building, great care will have to be 
taken to prevent any stiffness 
or formal arrangement and 
any crowding of the flowers. 
Each flower should be dis- 
tinctly seen. Sprays of Gyp- 
sophila, &c., may be put in 
here and there to relieve the 
heaviness almost inevitable 
with the larger flowers. A few 
fronds of Asparagus pluinosa , 
or Adiantum Fern, may be put 
here and there to tone down 
the colour and make the whole 
more effective. The building 
should bedone straight forward, 
and no patching up should be 
done afterwards. All formality 
should be studiously avoided, 
but the finished bouquet should 
be quite symmetrical. 
There are various kinds of bouquets which require 
special building. The ordinary hand bouquet is usually 
round in shape. The bride’s bouquet is built more or less 
sideways, to allow of its being easily carried. Then there 
is the shower bouquet, which is altogether built sideways, 
with long trailers hanging from the ends of drooping 
flowers. The trailers may even have a few flowers at- 
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