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which shine all day if kept from the direct light of the sun, although they 
hang their heads in the conservatory. Quaint glasses, in many directions, 
contain bouquets of Shirley poppies, cornflowers, and marguerites, carnations 
and mignonette, or a half-open rosebud with a spray of its own foliage, and a 
frond of maiden-hair fern ; and on an Indian cloth of gold embroidery stands 
a small group of magnificent pansy-blooms. These are deftly arranged in 
fresh green moss, with sprays of tiny ferns and selaginella; and from the 
saucer-shaped vase of majolica arises a small central tazza, which contains a 
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few sprays of viola foliage, Asparagus plumosus; and ferns, between which 
some of the finest pansy blossoms show their gorgeous velvet to the greatest 
advantage, with others, contrasting, placed in the surrounding moss and 
fernery. 
We thus perceive that the true principle in arranging flowers is to supply 
their own foliage, with plenty of light grasses and ferns ; so that the rich and 
delicate tints of the flowers are set off by the fullest natural surrounding of 
greenery ; not mixed and confused with other tints too closely placed. At 
the same time two varieties, or even three, of blossom may occasionally be 
