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are mixed with the white, sometimes with pleasing effect. 
Forget-me-nots, or a bunch of red roses at the base of a 
wreath of white stocks, &c., are very effective. Orchids 
of various colours are also frequently used. The founda- 
tions are generally made by tying moss on double-wire 
frames, the double wire preventing the moss from slipping. 
The flowers should be wired in the same way as for 
bouquets, only the wires should be shorter. After wiring, 
they should be stuck into the moss in any way desired. 
In some cases there may be a groundwork of smaller 
flowers, with larger ones put in here and there to relieve 
the monotony of closely packed blooms— or, again, a 
number of larger flowers, such as the Calla, or Richardia, 
may be placed at one point on the top, with one here and 
there in the circle, and Forget-me-nots or Roses at the base, 
while a quantity of Mahonia leaves may be wired, and a 
row placed both inside and outside at the base to form 
a groundwork. 
There are many different forms of such floral work, 
but we generally mean a circle when we speak of a wreath. 
There are also the cross, the anchor, the shield, the heart, 
&c., but all are made more or less on the same principle. 
CHAPTER XIV 
Birds in the Garden 
Birds in the garden are very troublesome, especially 
in certain seasons of the year. Some of them do a tre- 
mendous amount of harm in the springtime by destroying 
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