9 
Decorations for the Home. 
33 
an arrangement for a fireplace, is depicted in the accompanying illustration. 
Instead of the lilies and foliage plants, a tall vase tastefully filled with flowers, 
foliage, and grasses occupies the central position, while on one side is a graceful 
fern, Pteris hastata, and on the other a golden marguerite, both in ornamental 
vases. Above, on the mantelboard, is a plant of Cyperus alternifolius, with 
^7 
// /. 
;'!■ i 
AQ 1 
VC. 
42 
ll"i| 
.... 
A SIMPLE FIREPLACE DECORATION. 
small glasses or bowls filled with cut flowers. At various points are displayed 
specimen plants of tuberous begonias. “ Leah]' with her fine dark foliage, and 
clear yellow flowers, lights up a side-table, standing against some soft green 
drapery. “Mauvette,” a most floriferous double begonia, of the deepest shaded 
marone, gives point (in a pale turquoise bowl) to another corner; while the darkest 
place of all is illuminated by the pure white stars of Nicotiana a finis grandiflora, 
% 
