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ORNAMENTAL FLOWER STANDS. 
ORNAMENTAL FLOWER STANDS, &c. 
L*0 much attention has been devoted to decorative art. that it is by no means surprising to find it 
^ prominent in those departments of social economy with which the culture or enjoyment of flowers 
are more especially connected. Flowers, too, and 
those of the choicest kinds, of all hues, and of the 
most delicate perfumes, are in these days brought so 
far within reach of all who find any enjoyment in the 
refinements and luxuries of civilized life, that not 
only in the garden and greenhouse, hut in the parlour 
and boudoir, they become almost necessary orna¬ 
ments. 
The accompanying figures show some of the ways 
in which art and nature, under the form of vases and 
flowers may he brought into intimate association in 
the sphere just alluded to. They are from designs 
by A. Aglio, Esq., jun., and are intended to be constructed in terra cotta, or zinc, on a larger scale, 
for terrace-gardens, halls, and similar situations, where they are to be filled with ornamental pi? .is 
in the growing state; or they may be made in porcelain, or any fine material, as stands.. i>r cut 
flowers, or smaller plants suitable for in-door decoration. 
The sketch above, with that shown on p. 134, are intended chiefly for the tab 1 " oudoir, and 
are to be constructed of coloured glass, porcelain, or the finer earthen wares, eh 1 ' .r plain or with the 
ornamentation coloured. When filled with cut flowers, these should be arranged amongst fine green 
moss, kept continually damp, and may or may not be covered by a bell-glass. In addition to the 
central stand, the design at p. 134 has the three supporters continued upwards into a kind of cor¬ 
nucopia to hold smaller flowers, 
and they may be appropriated 
each to hold a small plant of some 
elegant Fern. For these purposes, 
their size may range from eighteen 
inches to two feet in diameter. 
Both designs may be made of 
larger size,—three to four feet in 
diameter,—and of zinc or terra 
cotta, for out-door use, where they 
may be employed with much ap¬ 
propriateness in detached terrace- 
gardens, or in situations where 
vases of summer-flowering plants 
are required. 
The larger de¬ 
sign is intended 
for the double pur¬ 
pose of cultivating 
a few very choice 
Ferns in the up¬ 
right vase, covered 
by the bell-glass, 
whilst the stand 
in which it is placed is to be kept 
filled with cut flowers. The sup 
porting figures hold cornucopias, 
which are intended to take some 
very choice flower, such as a fine 
Moss Rose, a Camellia, a fine sprig 
of Fuchsia, &c, The lower stand 
may, if preferred, be planted 
with Lycopodiums, — L. denticu- 
latum being preferable for this pur¬ 
pose. The diameter of the stand may 
be conveniently from two and a half 
to three feet, and the diameter of the 
vase one foot; the height about 
three feet. It may 
be made of glass, 
porcelain, terra 
cotta, or metal; or 
the figures alone 
may be of metal. 
Colour may be 
appropriated for 
the figures and 
ornamentation. 
M hen vases of this kind are employed for the growth of living plants, the first consideration i 
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