FLORAL DECORATIONS. 
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summer until September. Although this plant will suc¬ 
ceed almost everywhere, yet it does best in a humid soil 
and where it is partially shaded from the sun. 
The Daisy is an admirable little plant very much used 
for grave decorating, and every way suited for it — there 
are double red, white and pink varieties. 
The Astilbe Japonica or Hoteia Japonica is a very pretty 
hardy herbaceous perennial, producing large branching 
panicls of small, pure white flowers in the middle of 
spring. 
The Anemone Japonica alba is an invaluable plant for 
this purpose — it produces in great profusion its large white 
flowers all through the autumn, commencing the latter 
part of August and lasting as long as the weather holds 
mild, even into December. It is in bloom when nearly 
all other plants have ceased to flower, and prolongs and 
finishes the season commenced by the Snowdrop, and con¬ 
tinued by the Lilies and the Day-Lily. 
As a handsome trailing plant the Vinca or Periwinkle 
must be noticed, as in its particular style it has no compeer. 
There are several varieties of it — some with white and yel¬ 
low margined leaves. It is a hardy evergreen plant, al¬ 
ways being clothed in rich, shining, dark green leaves, and 
trailing over the ground. 
