. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. because near each other, and how little it was necessary to do to the pillar. The licautifulthough sombre Sago palm leaf, typical of peace, certainly connects Itself closely with the angel's song of "Peace on ; On a green (olive- ioncd) ribbon, these words might be painted in silver bronze, and the design fastened in front of the reading desk, if possible as in my sketch (Fig. 5). That extremely delicate and airy vine. Asparagus plumosus, I scarcely need say, should have air all around it, and a li
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. because near each other, and how little it was necessary to do to the pillar. The licautifulthough sombre Sago palm leaf, typical of peace, certainly connects Itself closely with the angel's song of "Peace on ; On a green (olive- ioncd) ribbon, these words might be painted in silver bronze, and the design fastened in front of the reading desk, if possible as in my sketch (Fig. 5). That extremely delicate and airy vine. Asparagus plumosus, I scarcely need say, should have air all around it, and a little. Fig. 4. should go a great way. I always put it where it is likely to be near theeye; other- wise its daintiness counts for nothing. Smilax, though less delicate has a claim for near and light touches in decoration, and contrary wise, the Norway pine works in splendidly for broad, striking, and withal, near effects although it is coarse in character. A beautiful combination of scarlet and toned green may be obtained by using the bright berries of the black alder (I believe it is the alder which has those charming branches of bright red berries) with some sturdy branches of the Norway pinf; no'e the arrangement in Fig. 6. The charming fern, Ntphro'epis Davalloides furcans, is more ap- propriate to the decoration of a house or a Colonial church, than to a Gothic church; the latter nei ds stropg and broad treatment, and few ferns seem appropriate to its embillishment. flolly, mistletoe, the evergreen trees, and laurel are rather more in keeping with the Gothic; still, 1 see no reason why a bed of ferns, some dainty red azaleas, mosses, and vines, should not be grouped naturally in and around baptismal fonts, and at the base of pulpits. Ferns should be kept on or near the floor, where naturally, we may look down on them; the azaleas we may put where we please. ' I have had occasion to say before, that certain accessories should be placed at the disposal of the florist decorato
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