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Show j Woman's Page todiU and JonquiU in Same Vase To Prevent Iron-ware Iron-ware From Ru.ting-Colored Wig. and Hose , txtreme Styles Improving Cabbage A J rew Fashion Notes for Ute Spring. ARRANGING CUT FLOWERS. Blossoming bulbs, and especially . tulips, should not be left in a hot ZIT hallni8ht- Remo then, to a 1 SI ? ?0,d' temPture and w ldn?b,e the durtion of their ilowenng life. Plants and bulbs that have not been raised at home want verv careful treatment when they first come from the florists, or they will wilt and (lie at once. jt If a piteous anri an exasperating I ( th,nc to 8ee a glorious azalea or spirea or plantagenista reduced in a couple of days from a m,ass of vivid bloom to a muddle of withered petals and bare stalks. Draught Often Cause. A draught i3 usually the cause of this. The plants have been forced in the high even temperature of a hothouse and have not been long enough at the florist's to get hardeiv ed. The only thing to do is to keen them in a warm place; give them a very little water if they seem too dry, and carefully cut off the flow-I flow-I ers and leaves that have beguu to fade. When buying plants alwayB choose those with a few flowers and many buds and ascertain ir they have ! been ' hardened. ' Such plants will be a joy for weeks, and wheu the flower js over for the season can be placed in a greenhouse, or even In a sheltered corner of a balcony for the summer and if properly prop-erly tended in the autumn will bloom again next winter. All cut flowers require delicate handling and arranging, but spring blossoms most of all. Snowdrops look best in a shallow bowl filled with feathery mosi, in which each blossom is set separately, tinging its white bells. Long-stalked violets are charming set loosely in a little jog of potter I , Daffodils and narcissi should look a?. If they were growing. Never put daffodils and jonquils into in-to the same vase; they will kill eacb other Mimosa also should be arranged ar-ranged by itself In branches in ?. tall china vase. It is too strong for other flower3 and kills them by contact. con-tact. Camellia japonica also must be in long, spiky branches. Two or three in a high china jar, with no foliage. A few flowers deftly arranged, with each blossom adjusted separately showing Its stalk and having 'room to breathe,'' are far more effective than a whole lot carelessly jumbled together. to-gether. And flowers arc so sentient and responBlve. They know perfectly well when they are deftly and lovingly lov-ingly handled and "act accordingly." |
