House and Garden 
ROSE BOWL 
PERSIAN ROSE BOWL 
lovely as the daffodil is the nasturtium, a flower ca¬ 
pable of infinite \ariety of arrangement hut perhaps 
best adapted to a low bowl with a turnover rim so 
that the flowers can be well massed together and 
their delicate stems protected, but it would be quite 
admissable and in some cases much more artistic to 
use only a;few T blooms in a low squat bottle with a 
somewhat narrow neck. fust sufficient blooms and 
foliage to comfortably fill the neck without pressure. 
The bowl can'also be used for many varieties of wood¬ 
land and cultivated flowers. 
VIOLET HOLDER 
The queen of flowers, the rose, should, obvious¬ 
ly, have regal treatment with separate holders for 
the different varieties. For the table a low bowl 
has the edges turned outwards, so as to form a sup¬ 
port to the stem, which also finds further support in 
the interior of the bowl, these stems in turn helping 
to support the centre flowers. A second bowl for 
roses is also illustrated, and other sorms may be had. 
For other places a tall vase or jar of generous pro¬ 
portions is preferable, of a color to harmonise with 
the flowers which, if gathered with a liberal amount of 
foliage and not overcrowded, fall naturally into the 
most graceful poses. The old shape rose bowl for 
some of the less pretentious varieties is not to be 
despised and these we usually give a Persian decora¬ 
tion. 
In England the violet bolder is a small shallow tub, 
with a perforated cover, but it would be of little use 
here for the longer stemmed and more robust violet 
of our woods and fields. Either of the two shapes 
illustrated seem suitable, the latter of the two from 
its lesser capacity being intended for editors and pot¬ 
ters. Either shape can also be used for lily-of-the- 
valley. 
The carnation and flowers of kindred character de¬ 
mand similar receptacles to the rose and the shapes 
for such could be multiplied indefinitely, but sim¬ 
plicity should be the keynote. 
The flowers are surely more important in their 
beauty than the holder, so the more ornate the latter 
is the more likelihood is there that some beauty in the 
flower may be lost—and so ephemeral are they that 
it behooves us to enjoy them to the utmost whilst we 
can. 
For large bunches of mixed flowers, for the Mar¬ 
guerite, black-eyed Susan, dog rose and a hundred 
other gems of the country, a jardiniere makes an ex¬ 
cellent receptacle, and has the advantage of being 
applicable for other purposes, and low enough in 
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