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Garden Work 
is desired, a small piece of Fern, &c., with one or two 
Tuberoses and a small piece of Bouvardia, may be used 
with pleasing effect. The flowers should be tied on to the 
fern as in the case of sprays, the wrapping wire being 
continued about 2 in. below these, and the stems wrapped 
round as before with tinsel paper. 
BASKETS OF FLOWERS 
These are a feature of many of our flower shows, cut 
flowers being arranged for effect. The size of the basket 
should be decided by the kind of flowers used. In no case 
should the basket be too large, or it will be unwieldy 7 . 
For herbaceous flowers they may, of course, be fairly large, 
but for other flowers they should be of medium size. The 
basket may be filled with damp moss, and the stalks of the 
flowers stuck into this. The free and open style should 
be adopted, so that each flower may be seen separately. 
The colours of the flowers should harmonize with each 
other as well as with the foliage. Any formal arrangement 
should be avoided, but when finished the basket should 
be evenly balanced. The foliage should not be put in last, 
to hide defects, but as the building goes on, with a view to 
giving the whole a light and graceful appearance. 
WREATHS 
This form of floral work is different from any of the 
others, in that it is almost necessary to put the flowers 
close together to obtain the desired effect. White flowers 
are generally used in making wreaths, as they are looked 
upon as an emblem of purity, but lately almost any colours 
