The Portland daily press., 1865-06-24
Saturday Morning, June "a, 1866.
A Hint for the Ladies.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT FLowaRs.

- 'S~~%'o <A@~OOA r OWAhDs
In the London Society for June there is an
article ON Flowers and Foreign Flower FASH
Ions" in which the writer thus describes the
noral features OF Paris, and gives these hints
about flowers ior the room: % s
Il must record the trelisses that are cover
ered wilh growing Ivy, and that stand vii sum
mer time Ia front OF the empty hearth. Ia,
winter l have seen them moved merely TO tn.
window. These long boxes have trellis at-
tached ut the back aud ends. A plant or two
OF Ivy Is enough 10 twine over the treliis. ano
then, ynrough all the season, q succession Oh
no"eis Is kept up, In way that is naost effect,
I've, and TO LIE, the most unsatisfactory Bui
then,l never can bear to think that things.
nave no rooIs when they look TO be growing.
a range Of hyacinth glasses, however, are IL
ine box. Tue glasses are, of course. com
pietely concealed by the moss; and in each o.
these said glasses is tighGly-bound bunch OF
somelning-lt may be Japan lilies, or sill. Oh
tener, giadloii. Either of these flowers /,
perfect lor such uses. The tall white Ily. al
SO, is exquisite in this way only, OF course,
ior drawing room It's perfume is far too pow
eriui; though when such things are used, az
IN Faris, TO place them al the side OF aitars,
nothing can Dc more lovely than these tall ana
most pure white lilies. sfsH s.ssSf .es.sss, II
Tue blue Michaeimas daisy comes in well for
these stands too; but as it is always well TO
describe one defiuite pattern that is known to
answer, made note OF one both go and at
taluabie. A Common green-painted box. like
our mignonette boxes (of course this SHOULD
pc lined with nc, or at least made withou5
noies, the fUimer plan being desirable for tht
drawing room carpet), about eight inehes
deep, aud say ten wide, slight cane treIlls
looking like rods for basket work. merely
Rfalueu 0Ark fhal lh.< h "A
Ing about as high as an ordinary chimney.
piece; ivy trained over the treilis to cover il
good deal, but by no means thickly. simply
TO wreathe about IL, especially at the edges:
then the only flowers in this really effective
stand were alternate hyacinlh glasses OF blu,
Mlchaeimas daisies and of scarlet gladioli.
WIN between them some pots OF fern or grass
or oil asparagus leaves. The ivy itself, ! Nas
told, had upon emergencies betn cut from ths
woods too, and brought in and put In glasses.
and trained TO look all natural, And after all,
it is well TO know this for any quick got-ut
decoration, or Tor q screen TO shut OF som,
tice. saF@
BY the BY, too, at this season, all the trees
oiifesh leaf may be used just like holly In win.
Ter, by way Of decoration, only by putting the
cutehd OF The branch in jar with water ano
Charcoal, and then closing the mouth with
lump oi the potteI's clay, What can be mole
lovely than hUrse-cheslnut or acacia?
But IN stand like that which / have de-
scrbed, observe the good management--lbe
tall flowers, not over recherche, being filed
up with s.rubbery sort OF things In perfect
keeping with their style.
Bunches of holly, also, are remarkably good
ana feclive In all such cases. In fact ior the
use OF holly, one must go TO France for les
son. 1t comes In at any time, and is used as o
u. l-iaLt flower; and indeed, the bright leaves
and red berries are such as few flowers can
deaden. 10 fsatl8H iWrIHsfI +
have seen the boxes just described filled
up entirely with the iyy-grown trellis, branch
es like small shrubs of holly, some tall and ia
pering, others low and spreading, and with
some one white flower, generally the single
large-fiinged Chinese primrose, these being
however, comparatively iew-perhaps three
pots only put in amidst the holly; and the eI
feet was ;pertect-warm, and greenland grace
ful and diStingue-for somehow the holly il
very aristocraIlc, and adapts itself to all cir 4
cumstances with the most perfect ease ano 4
grace. hs,isexs 5s 81
Much green with little color is rule that
has wide reign; and also it is remarkable
how rarely one sees one color; but crimson
and buff roses, violet and pink, pale sea-green
and fose-color, Or any OF these, with white.
This seems the prevailing thing as much In
dress as in flowers, as much In rooms as any
where. But then, Parisians do compose room
and toilet and flowers, all as sort of pic
ture."