The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-19
ROST housewives take great pleas
E ure in making the table look
as attractive as possible to the

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as attractive as possible to the
eye, believing that its pleasing ap-
pearance adds to the pleasure af-
forded in the qualification of the ap-
petite and that the aesthetic and the
practical should be made to work to-
gether in everyday home life. That
flowers on the table have refining
influence no one can doubt who has
seen what they can do, and the lib
eral use of them should be encour-
aged to the fullest extent.
The woman who lives in the coun-
try will find it an easy matter to fur
nish her table with flowers from late
Spring to early Fall, because she can
grow them in her own garden, but
the woman who lives in the city and
has no garden facilities cannot do
flowers and would like to keep her
table bright with them cannot afford
to purchase from the florist; for
flowers, especially in Winter, are ex-
pensive luxuries.
But she can, in the majority OF
cases, grow few plants in the win
dow, some of which will furnish
bloom and others foliage beautiful
enough in itself to make up for lack
of flowers. 1t will be found that a
growing plant is quite as attractive
as many flowers are, and it can be
made the basis of more brilliant
and colorful decoration, IL desired, by
using a few cut flowers among its
foliage.
A Good Window Plant.
One of the best plants for this pur-
pose is asparagus (Plumosus manus)
Because Of it's filmy, delicate foliage
1t is often called asparagus fern, but
it has not the most distant relation
ship to the fern family, 1t is a
cousin, several degrees removed, OF
the asparagus Of the vegetable gar
den. 1t forms a compact mass OF
branches from foot to foot and a
half in length, which spread grace
fully over the pot in such manner
as to hide all of it that is not con-
cealed by the jardiniere.
Young plants are best for table
use, If three or four roses or hall
a dozen carnations are thrust down
among the stalks of the plant you
have a decoration that is far more
satisfactory, nine times out of 10,
than one of the florists designs
for which you would have to pay 81
or SO.
The woman who cannot afford tC
buy flowers two or three times a
week for use on her table will find
it one of the best paying investments
she can make to purchase three OF
four of these plants and let then
take their turn in doing duty on the
table,
Jerusalem Cherry.
Another very satisfactory plan
for this purpose is the one sold eX
clusively during the holiday season
under the name of Jerusalem cherry
1t has rich, dark green, glossy foil
age, and bears a profusion of brigh
crimson fruit, quite as snowy a!
flowers. If removed to the window
when meal time is over 1t will give
table service nearly all Winter. Ar
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and coloring and is equally as de
sirable
Everybody admires a fern, espe
cially the adiantum members of thi!
most extensive family, but until quite
recently none of the adiantums have
given satisfaction when grown in th'
house. They were too delicate fol
the living-room. Now, however, WI
are given one which has proved ex
cellently adapted to house culture
because of the thick, firm texture o.
its foliage and its strong, robust con
stitution. This variety is sent ou
under the name of Croweanum. All
illustration of it accompanies this ar.
ticle A fine plant of 1t will make g
decoration fit for the finest table in
the land.
For Table Decoration.
know Of no Towering plant SUI
peror for table decoration to be-
gonia (Gloire de Lorraine), This
variety bears SO many flowers that
each plant gives one the impression
of being bouquet arranged by the
florist who has the good taste to ar
range flowers naturally. In color il
is a soft, dainty pink The peculiar
charm of its colorng comes out most
exquisitely under artificial light
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