The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-11

tall hedge at either side against back
ground Of green, and the flowers will droop
over the end of each pew to give the aisle
the effect Of chrysanthemum bordered
lane.
"When receiving congratulations the
bride and bridegroom will stand in front
of hedge of chrysanthemums, behind
which again will be a row of palms.
decoration of this sort takes tremendous
quantity of flowers, but it can be better
accomplished with chrysanthemums than
with almost anything else.
For the time being, decorations of au-
tumn leaves at weddings are practically
out. To my mind they never were APP
propriate unless the bride and groom
We're middle aged.
Nearer the holidays the weddings will
take on more color. Red roses and all
the gay flowers, such as poinsetta, will be
in great demand for decorations.
AT the January and February weddings
, the principal decorations will be roses
and carnations, pink or white preferred.
The outlook, i'll fact, is for more pink we'd
dings than any other-I mean 30 far as
decorations go.
AT one of the rose weddings shall place
in the chancel six tall standards of roses,
the top Of each nearly three feet in diame-
ter. From these there will trail to the floor
vines of smilax. There will also be vases
Of roses on the altar, and the chancel rail-
ing will be outlined with smilax and roses
twisted together. At the breakfast after
ward single pink roses will be scattered
over the twelve guest tables and white
roses over that of the bride, but there will
be no set pieces. The bride will carry
white gardenias and her attendants brides-
maid roses.
Guests at the January and February
weddings will see more roses than anything
else. After that, roses will get setback
from brides for along comes the Easter Lily
and other dubious plants. to say nothing
of the snowy Towering bushes which are
so good for decorative purposes
Dinner decorations will be more extrava-
giant than ever this winter. That is fore
gone conclusion The tendency for several
years has been to more and more elabora-
ton in this respect and the florists pre-
dict greater extravagance than ever in
the next few months. People who not
long ago never thought of having more
than one set piece of flowers on the table
have begun to decorate the whole dining
room when giving dinner.
THE table decorations are simple
enough remarked the head decorator
Of New York flower concern, simpler
than ever, in fact; but then they don't stop
there. For the table am DOW using low
central piece of fowers-orchids or roses
preferably. varied occasionally with vases
filled with these flowers placed at inter-
walls down the centre.
THAT is the beginning. One Of the new
est and most effective designs for the room
is to suspend flowers above the table to
form an umbrella, n square canopy, a net
work Of flower ropes anything pretty. in
fact, SO long as the table is topped.
For a becoming effect there IL nothing
to equal pink or red. For this reason l
Use more roses and carnations for dinner
decorations than anything else. l did q
dining room the other night in deep pink
carnations, the handsome new variety,
no more than four of which grow from
one stem, and the effect was stunning.
To my way of thinking the pink oarnation
is the belle of the season.