St Nicholas [serial] . st ties his wares, or whatmore extravagant ? A skillful person will untie oneof these, and, adding green leaves, make the sameflowers into half a dozen bouquets, each more effect-ive than the original. Flowers should be groupedas they grow, with a cloud of light foliage in andabout them to set off their forms and colors. Dontforget this. 4th. It is better, as a general rule, not to putmore than one or two sorts of flowers into the samevase. A great bush with roses, and camelias, andcarnations, and feverfew, and geraniums growingon it all at once would be a frightful thin
St Nicholas [serial] . st ties his wares, or whatmore extravagant ? A skillful person will untie oneof these, and, adding green leaves, make the sameflowers into half a dozen bouquets, each more effect-ive than the original. Flowers should be groupedas they grow, with a cloud of light foliage in andabout them to set off their forms and colors. Dontforget this. 4th. It is better, as a general rule, not to putmore than one or two sorts of flowers into the samevase. A great bush with roses, and camelias, andcarnations, and feverfew, and geraniums growingon it all at once would be a frightful thing to behold ;just so a monstrous bouquet made up of all theseflowers is meaningless and ugly. Certain flowers,such as heliotrope, mignonette, and myrtle, mixwell with everything ; but usually it is better togroup flowers with their kind.—roses in one glass,geraniums in another, and not try to make them,agree in companies. 5th. When you do mix flowers, be careful not toput colors which clash side by side. Scarlets and. TASTE AND BEAUTY. pinks spoil each other; so do blues and purples,and yellows and mauves. If your vase or dish is avery large one, to hold a great number of flowers, 44 THE SUNDAY BABY [November it is a good plan to divide it into thirds or quarters,making each division perfectly harmonious withinitself, and then blend the whole with lines of greenand white, and soft neutral tint. Every group ofmixed flowers requires one little touch of yellow tomake it vivid ; but this must be skillfully is good practice to experiment with this effect. ?For instance, arrange a group of maroon, scarlet,and white geraniums with green leaves, and add asingle blossom of gold-colored calceolaria, you will see at once that the whole bouquet seems to flaslout and become more brilliant. Lastly. Love your flowers. By some subtle sens,the dear things always detect their friends, and fothem they will live longer and bloom more free]than they ever will for a stranger. And I can
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