FLORAL DECORATIONS. 
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“ Bring flowers, pale flowers, on the bier to shed— 
A crown for the brow of the early dead ; 
For this, through its leaves hath the white Rose burst; 
For this, in the woods was the Violet nursed. 
Though they smile in vain for what once was ours, 
They are love’s last gift—bring ye flowers, pale flowers !” 
Many a flower is sacred—some to one, some to another 
in association with the last sad rites of loved ones , to some 
person it is a Pansy or a Violet, to another a white Rose or 
perhaps a white Camellia ; this one cherishes with an affec¬ 
tion almost amounting to devotion, a white Lily or a Calla, 
and that one, the Lily’ of the Valley, the Forget-me-not, or 
the Mignonette. 
White flowers of all kinds are appropriate, and climbing 
or trailing vines and a great variety of foliage, either green 
or green and white variegated, or green and some dark 
color as we see in some Begonias and Dracenas, and Cis- 
sus discolor. 
What has been said under the head of Decoration Day 
of suitable devices applies here, and all our remarks are 
intended merely as suggestive. 
Times, seasons, and all circumstances will be carefully 
considered in every appropriate effort ot this kind. 
The Church at every service when it is possible should 
