Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

which fade and those which last The list
of quickly fading wild flowers u not long.
well to know. at flrst those which have
rooted objection to domestic parade. Hav-
ing named a few which will not bear cap
ture, it is pleasant to talk Of certain fami-
lies which seem capable of almost enthu-
sastic friendship for houses and people.
The wild forget-me-not, which we ind IN
Adirondack streams IL gathered in the Dud.
ded stage and laid in shallow dish OF
water will make haste to expand itself into
a heaven of celestial blue. spotted with the
starry gold of Its small centers Little
children In German watering places bring
them to market tied in wreaths or crowns,
which they call krantzchen. and which will
grow in water as long as their season lasts
The blue gentian will perfect its seeds IN
water, going through all Its successive du-
ties, beginning its functions OF reproduc-
ton. under your very eyes, with apparently
as quiet a mind in Its home In the
meadow. And this pleasant fact is also
true of the wild azalea.
Laurel and Fruit Blossoms.
The staying qualities of the mountain
laurel are not to be questioned. 1t Will
carry its wonderfully shaped and textureo
blossoms and jewels of buds for a full fort
night In undimnished beauty, tempting one
to use it in such abundance as to make
laurel season of 1t in the house: and the
same thing is true of its great sister rhodo-
dendron.
In the arrangement of these lavish bios
SONS form need hardly be attempted, oal-
ance being all that is imperative out
strong blue should be the color or the jar
which holds rhododendrons. Something
in the bIue-pink of its tints is In perfect &C.
cord. with the deepest most solld Dlue OF
pottery In a less degree l have found the
same thing true of lilacs. This can easily
be tested by placing two arrangements OF
lilac flowers side by side, one In jar OF
dark blue and one in any other color The
blue and lilac will be a distinctive harmony,
a glass lar with stems and leaves showing
through will be a monochrome; any otheF
positive color-unless 1t should be purple
any broken color. or jar of Powered porce-
lain showing white, VIII De positive us
cord.
Laurel demands pale blue, and the wild
pink aZaIea is never more effective than IN
a pale blue Japanese or Indian jar, while
pink-tpped apple blossoms show their full
tenderness of color in contrast with gray
or green pottery.
Among the wild-growng shrubs nothing
is more decorativ than the blackberry bios
som at its best. How wonderfully beautiful
the seven-foot lengths of bramble literally
crowded with white blossom sprays, can be
-overarching a chimney-piece in June'
These arches of what is known as the tall
blackberry are among the most purely
decorative effects possible to colorless flow
ers, and, indeed, counting in stems and
LEAKAGE. they can hardly be reckoned among
coloress blooms. They need neither con-
trast nor accentuation in holders, glass
jars, hidden behind sprays, being competent
and unobjectionable.
All fruit blooms are lasting and So in
deed, are most shrub blossoms and early
flowers, but after June their lavishness will
dwindle, and we must look for substitutes
in longer seasoned and perhaps less beauti-
full and effective ones.