The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-15
Up to-Date Decorations.

Dinners in one color are as fashionable as
ever. Pink dinners, old-gold dinners, laven.
der dinners, and orchid inners will con-
tinue to hold their favor, and really nothing
could be lovelier than table set In this
manner The centre piece may be en-
oroidered with the SAME flower that pre-
dominates, but after that nothing else is al
lowed in the way of colors except the rib
bons on the baskets or hidden in the mass
of blossoms and greenery.
If dinner is given in a room decorated
in the style of Louis XIV. and XVI, and if
the china and dinner service suggests that
period, then have garlands of pink and blue
blossOms-roses and forget me-nots mixed
with ribbons tied in lovers knots and laid
around the tall centre piece Of green ferns.
For an orchid dinner only ferns must be
added for the touch Of green; for green
dinner the only flowers admissible are lilies
of the valley, green orchids, white roses.
white violets, narclssus and mignonette; for
pink dinner the Catharine Mermet rose is
preferred, or pinks and stevia; for laven-
der dinner pale liacs and mignone,te, pale
purple heather, or violets of the pale hue
combined with white violets are used: for
an old, gold dinner the fashionable nastur-
tiums, shading anywhere from russell
browns TO flaming scarlets, can be harmon
lied with ribbons OF the proper shade and a
wealth of their own leaves and groups of
feathery ferns, and for yellow dinner
primroses. daffodils and yellow tulips NAV
be used, or jonquils tied with Chartreuse
coIored ribbon.
or course the same combinations hold
good for yellow, pink. green, lavender, or
old-gold teas, when the ribbons and lamp
and candle shades must be Of the same
color.
A yellow tea is lovely in the spring with a
profusion of jonquils, daffodils, narcissus
white and yellow tulips and masses of white
Towering shrubs, such as white spirea.
syringa and cherry blossoms.
For spring weddings the decorations are
confined chiefly to the flowers of the season.
Moss panels over reredos, studded with
punches Of daffodils, narcissi and ionquils
garlands of lilies and maTguerites laid ON
the altar, massed with palms, aud border
Of simple white alyssium interspersed with
lilies of the valley is lovely. An edging of
green moss and boughs Of cherry blossoms,
with clusters of white spirea, and white
roses add greatly to the effect.
1t is again the correct, as 1t is the lovely,
thing for bride to stand under wedding
bell, which should be of white blossoms
with white clapper. Over the wedding
cake smaller one may be suspended, hav-
ing pink or yellow clapper. Garlands of
white roses with tue lovers knots in white
satin can be laid upon the wedding table.
and the wedding cake SHOULD be covered
with stephanotis and orange blossoms. A
cake recently made in London was simply
covered with these flowers, upon which
rested nest of fern in which were two
doves made of tiny white flowers, and
which bore in their beaks branch of or
ange blossom. Round the cake was tied a
broad white satin sash embroidered with
the monogram of the bride and groom.
Another pretty idea for novel house deco
rations are floral cushions made of roses,
violets, carnations and stephanotis, placed
on landings Of the stairs, in reception
rooms and IN out of the way corners that
need decorating. A green M IS cushion of
generous size with alarge spray of orchids
laid upon it is a suggestion that comes from
the other side. For christening luncheons
or breakfasts the tables are decorated entirely
with white flowers and ferns and If tho