New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-20

cloth at dinner, and the table is bare for does
and mats, at breakfast and tea We like everything
else, but we never get used TO that. 1t takes
away Appetite before the summer was over
they not only used 1t, but hard at work en-
broidering pretty linen tea sets to their bare
table which they to have soon as the reached
home.
"Did you ever think when You were in the country,
how much more tempting you could make your break
fast table look II you could be ready quarter OF an
hour carly 10 gather fresh flowers, with the dew Oh
them TO put at each plate In the South, where
the wild flowers grow in such profuson one mas only
to step out on the gallery or maybe INTO
the garden to find lovely wild morning glorfes,
white and pink and rose, and sky-blue-so graceful
and charming for breakfast decoration. Then the pure
white Cherokee roses with their golden centres and
glossy leaves, make ideal bowl Of flowers.
gathered large OF them and one very long
vine, with the open Mt the end and then hah
blown ones, and. way mp. the tiny green buds so
pleased that could not resist taking 1t in with me-
though 1t seemed unmanageabe at first. But put
the stem In q OF water and twined IT around the
chandelier and for two days IL gave every one that
saw 1t the greatest pleasure to watch the buds come
out which they did rapidly that almost every hour
could count another. The yellow jasmine, TOO
lends itself admirably to decoration and with It's
delicious perfume and rich color makes any room
attractive. Daisies easy to get at nearly all
seasons. and because OF their simple purity are the
preferred flowers Of many lovers OF nature
pleasing arrangement of them, by woman OF TASTE Tor
q luncheon table, loose mass OF them In large
low sheafshaped vase, which entirely covered
with pale spring like tint OF green satin ribbon,
wound round several times and careessy knotted at
side. Nasturtiums which flourish in all climates
are the real breakfast flowers Of Virginia, and many
people are as careful 10 cultivate them for the table
they are to grow their principal
vegetables. The butter dish often is in the
centre of the table, and the gorgeous red
and yellow nast irtup, hlossuns with their silvry
green leaves, make a broad wreath around It, How
dainty and appciizing salad looks at tea. onthGei
with those leaves against Lretty dish. aud sprinkler
tbickly over with the blossoms Food for the gods
one mght truly say.
81 have sometimes fancied vegetables were better In
the South because many voren " anage their own
gardens and become very skilful in cuivatmg their
plants: and having watrhe them grow and become
perfect, they take pride in making study OF how
to cook them, that the success may be tomplete a
Virginia country housekeepe IL she does her duty can
by no means lead idle life for not only does she
have the work indoors to give her persona' attention
to the care OF the garden. dairy and poultry and
flowers also often devolves her, and know many
who always cure their hams after the old re-
ceipts. and make the years supply OF Lard. For
tunately the flowers cultivated principally ANIMALS,
but few people have hothoses or conservatores and
small pit sunny Of the garden is all that
Is necessary to keep a stock Of geraniIms. etc. to
start with the following spring. / am always sorry
to see how much less the sweet, quaint old wall
flower is seen than formerly In these gardens, where
fruits flowers, vegetables and vines all flourish and
grow in such harmony Roses planted more and
more each year. partly because Of their cheapness and
partly because they do not require such constant at
tenion and labor other flowers.