The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-26
, FLORAL DECORATIONS.
'"e'" 70 y" Art la Arranging Flowers
Properly aud Naturally

mere 70 an Art la Arranging Flower.
properly aud Naturally.
mo preference for growing plant,
'"r uecorntive purposes IN becoming ~
UNIVERSAL that we seldom notice the
s"oJect OF bouquets and bouuurt.mnk.
ms given deserving prominence. While
~ certainly u most sensible idea "a
purchase beautiful specimen plants
Whieh may bc enjoyed for many weeks
UT even years after the celebration for
which they are intended) for dccorat.
y ing our parlors or dining tables on she.
elal occasions, or To present To friends.
" is often desira BILE To select instead. n
handsome bouquet ,of tastcfully.ar.
ranged blossoms
where the purse will allow one To
order repeatedly, the exquisite bou.
qnets on which the experienced florist
Is eager to display his rare skill and
perfect taste, this subject may seem
Oh little Importance, but there are
many who delight In using for decora.
t'Ve purposes or for floral offerings
bouquets from their own private green
houses In this case the subject Of an.
proprintc selections and tasteful mr.
Engagements becomes vastly interest
ing.
ne art of arranging flowers grace
Iully and naturally, il a rare accom-
pIlNhment, and one that Is worth care
iul study. Remember that graceful,
ness and nuturalness should be- our
ann ana not artistic arrangements II
the word artistic IL used to Indicate
that perfect degree of art IN which no
art ~ visible, but everything looks so
SIMPLE and natural that IL could hard.
ly be imagined other than what il is.
we could not employ more suitable
term but the bouquet usually sup.
posed tn be artistically arranged is i'm
almost every case decidedly stiff. and
unlike any collection of blossoms In art
or nature.
10 Is claimed tina: the Russian and
Herman women far surpass the En-
glish in their many modes of weaving
nowers into household decorate
and that flowers are too often regarded
10y ms as mere accessories. In France
and Germany the wreaths and bou.
qucts are especially charming. and
there is not "a toilet without it's npprc,.
pirate flower parurc--no family fete i'm
Germany without its graceful door
wrcaths, its garlandcd picture frames
and it's coronals of flowers, all arranged
with the most perfect harmony in re-.
gard TO their surroundings.
With rs, on the other hand, there
often seems TO be but slight connection |
between the flowers and their sur.
roundings, and IL is certain that many |
who are fond of flowers and have |
studied their characteristics, often |
make the common mistake of choosing |
such ~ are either in form or color quite |
unsuited To the articles which they are |
intended tn decorate; in arranging our |
vases, decorating our tables or select.
ING our corsagc bouquets we should |
always have In mind regard for the
general harmony. This is Of first i'm.
portancc in decorating with cut flow.
ers, and after making II judiciouS choice
of flowers that will harmouizc with
their immediate" environments, wa
should next consider the best method
of cutting and arranging them, and
then how 10 keep them from fading
prematurcly. Ideas will suggest them.
selves "a we work among the plants,
and we soon find ourselves ambitious
Ia produce some especially attractive
decoration That will illustrate our pet
theories Philadelphia Press,