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FLORAL DECORATIONS. 
These little bundles should be of different lengths, so that 
they may be placed with the tallest, which should be the 
wheat, at the centre of the sheaf and the shortest at the 
circumference. For convenience each handful should be 
tied together with a string just under the head. 
After all has been placed in position and the sheaf 
bound about half way down with a wisp of straw, the 
strings on the bundle should be cut, so that they may open 
out freely ; trim off the straw at the bottom evenly and 
dress out the top of the sheaf until the wheat stands out 
boldly from the centre, while the oats and the barley 
droop gracefully about. 
A recent writer in that excellent English horticultural 
journal, the Garden, says :—“ Church decoration, in con¬ 
nection with the principal festivals, is every year becoming 
more general, and the part taken by gardeners in the work 
more extended. I have lately had an opportunity of wit¬ 
nessing a rather tasteful example of church decoration at 
an annual harvest festival. With the exception of a few 
groups of Ferns and tropical plants, the materials used are 
common almost everywhere, and consisted mainly of the 
various kinds of wild fruits and berries, grapes, cereals, 
hops, evergreens, and flowers. Some of the wreathing 
and tracery was exquisitely done by ladies ; one of the 
