The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-15

plicated. Many varieties OF the orchid
bouquet, therefore. must be found. A
yonnR man who ia, as you would say,
rather sweet" upon q young woman, and
who wants to send her something which
will catch her eve and please her, will say
to his florist:
Can you send Miss A.. q handsome bou-
quet, which shall be-er-a little-sr--dif
ferent from-er-anything else. don't you
know?'
Then his florist will suggest a bouquet all
of very rare white orchids. with white lilies
man drops in to see it, and perhaps he or
ders finishing touches. which bring the bill
up to $50 for this one bouquet.
The matron who sends q bouquet to q de-
butante choose colorsu orchids. They may
be pink or purple or variegatet, but the en-
tire bouquet is after the conventional order.
The debutaLte, II she 10 at all popu ar.
has half a hundred bouquets. But you may
be sure that she has her eye upon one which
she fancies more than any of the others,
and by and by she will pick it up and carry
il for the rest of the evening to the exclu-
sion of the others. It is always the bouquet
OF white orchids and white lilies which is
chosen. To pass to a moro sombre subject
and to another use to which these
same flowers are devoted, for funerals
the palm is the accepted Offering,
although a much greater latitude is
allowed at funerals than formerly. At jay
Gould's funeral there was a greater variety
than at any social gathering Of the season.
Mra. August Belmont had likewise many
exquisite floral pieces. The RothschildH
IRE in the habit of cabling over orders for
floral pieces and, indeed, it is not unusual
to receive half q dozen cable orders for any
large New YORK event, especially n funeral.
While the palm is the accepted tribute for
8 funeral, there is a floral piece known as
the mat which Ia Rl good form
as ANYTHING that can be sent. Ibis
consists Of many great bunches
Of flowers iagt AZ they arc brought out Of
the vases of cool loom. They are dropped
in srmfuls and are fastened to the mat
foundation *hersver they happen to lie. so
that the whols is an e1quisitely beautiful
bit of extravaganza, which, when floral
beauty Is considered, we'll repays the
buyer,
When a man orders q bouquet for his
wife or Il box of flowers il is considered the
p~rettiest idea for him to select violets, as
these have clinginp associations Of poetry,
love, conetancy and all the things that
ought to belong to married life.
4 woman IN ordering flowers for bel
husband will ask that something be- sem
suitable for a boutonniere. This varies Il
littie with the season. but 10 sure to be I
chrysRnthemum as long as chtysanthe-
NUNS last.
FIowers for old people and for youn,
girls are nearly always cut roses. The
seem to appeal especially to these t W
CLASSES. OLD people choose them because
they R'e sweet smelling. and because oil,
people do not take as kindly to Fashionable
floral innovations as young society peopl
do Girls i'll their teens" like cut rose
because they are ~poetieal, and because allu
sions to growing maidenhood are usual
couched IN terms portraying the opening o
the rose.
1t ID rather a new idea with sessor, al
most II fad in fact, to send pots of CROWN
plants to young men in llace of birthda
or New Years gifts. Indeed, the pot O
growing plants forms in itself a gif. worth
of being sent to any one. Rubber plant
and ell kinds OF hhidy foliage plants ar
selected because they are easier to care 70
than the majority Of plants.
For homo entertainments, where a yer
good effect ia desired IN small space, 1t
the most fashionable idea to cover one sid
of the wall with flowers of only one variet,
and if possible to introduce light benin
them. This has been lone re eatedly 4
Mrs. Whitney's annual balls, and the re
suit has been SO good that the idea has be