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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1915)
Si :SiWS5!3Ti3t4iJJ3!S5558P nOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 14 is. W iv !. r n it Flowers About the Farm Home l OST housewives take great pleas ure In making tlio tnuio 1001c at nttractlvo ns possible to tlio eye, believing that Its pleasing ap pearance adds to the pleasuro af forded In tlio gratification of tlio ap petite and that the aesthetic and tho nr.ictlcnl should bo mado to work to- trellier In ovorvdav homo life. That flowers on tho tablo have a refining Influenco no ono can doubt who nas scon what they can do, and tho lib eral use- of thorn should bo encour aged to the fullest extent. The woman who lives In tho coun try will find It an easy matter to fur nish her tablo with flowers from lato Spring to early Kail, because sho can grow them In her own garden, but the woman who lives In the city and has no garden facilities cannot do this. And many a woman who loves flowers and would llko to keep her table bright with them cannot afford to purchaso from tho florist; for flowers, especially In Winter, nro ex pensive luxuries. Hut she can, In tho majority of cases, grow a few plants In tho win dow, somo of which wilt furnish bloom and others follago beautiful enough In Itself to mnko up for lack of flowers. It will bo found that a growing plant Is qulto as nttractlvo as many flowers are, and It can bo mado tho basis of n moro brilliant nml colorful decoration, If desired, by using a few cut flowers among Its foliage. A C.uotl Window Hunt. Ono of the best plants for this pur pose Is asparagus (Plumosus mnntis). JUecaueo of Its filmy, delicate follago It Is often called asparagus fern, but It has not tho most distant relation ship to the fern family. It is a cousin, several degrees removed, of the asparagus of tho vegetable gar den. It forms n compact mass of branches from a foot to n foot and a half In length, which spread grace fully over tho pot in such a manner as to hide all of It that Is not con coaled by tho Jardiniere. Young plants nro best for tablo use. If thrco or four roses or half a dozen carnations nro thrust down among tho stalks of the plant you hnve n decoration that Is far moro satisfactory, nlno times out of 10, than ono of tho florists' "designs" for which you would havo to pay $2 or $.1. Tlu woman who cannot afford to buy flowors two or three times a weok for use on her tablo will find It one of tho best paying Investments she can mnko to purchaso thrco or four of those plants nnd lot thorn tnko their turn In doing duty on tho tnble. "criiMilem Cherry. Another very satisfactory plant for this purpose Is tho one sold ex clusively during tlio holiday season under tho nnmo of Jorusnlom cliorry It. has rich, dark green, glossy foil ago, and bears a profusion of bright crimson fruit, qulto as showy as flowers. If romoved to tho window when meal tlmo Is over It will glvo table servlco nearly all winter. Ar dlsla crcnulnta Is similar In habit and coloring mid Is equally as do nimble. Everybody admires n fern, ospo dally tho adiantum mouthers of this most cxtcnslvo family, but until quite recently nono of tho ndlantums havo given satisfaction when grown In tho house Thoy wero too dolicato for tho living-room. Now, however, wo nro given ono which has proved ox collontly adapted to house culture because of tho thick, firm toxturo of Its follago and Its strong, robust con. stltutlon. This variety Is sent out under tho nnmo of Croweanum. An Illustration of it nccompanlcs this ar ticle. A fine plant of It will mnko a decoration fit for the flnost tnblo In tho land. I 'or Tablo Decoration. I know of no flowering plant su perior for tablo decoration to be gonln (Glolro do I.orrnlno). This variety bears so many flowors that each plant gives ono tho Impression of being n bouquet arranged by tho florist who lias tho good taste to ar range flowors naturally. In color it Is a soft, dainty pink. The peculiar charm of Its coloring comes out most exquisitely unci or artificial light. Plants ready to bloom can bo bought In Knll from most florists. Their riowors will bo retained for weeks If tho plants tiro not kept on tho tnblo all tho tlmo. Any growing Plant should be returned to tho win dow between meals It you would keep It In good health. If kept nwav from tho light for long at n time It will not remain healthy. There lti,a small vurlet of pulm Cocos Wcddollinna which makes a charming appoaranco on the table. Its gncofully arching fronds mo light nnd feathery, and lack entirely tho coarseness which characterizes tho larger-growing members of the palm family. Money Invested In n plant of this kind will provo a most satisfactory Investment, tho housowlfo will find, costing fnr less In tho long run than cut flowers and really affording moro pleasure, becauso they furnish a dec oration of a rather uncommon char acter. I would advlso buying a plant or two of each kind In order to so euro variety. If this is done tho woman of tho homo will always have material at hand with which to make her tablo nttractlvo, and sho will ho In a measure independent of tho florist. Study Arrangement. In decorating tho tablo with flow ers from tho homo garden wo aro quite likely to mnko tho mistake of using too ninny, becauso tho supply is so great that wo do not feci obliged to economize. But a little experiment ing will soon convince you that a few flowors tastefully nut togothcr will afford far moro pleasuro than many so crowded that their Individuality Is lost. Arrange them as naturally as pos sible, taking Nnturo herself as your teacher. In other words, Btudy. tho flowers you make uso of In tho gar den beds and strlvo to mako your arrangements of them look natural and Informal. Tho Illustration of tho poppy shows such an arrange ment, nnd It also shows how small an nmount of material Is needed to produco an artistic effect. A pot of cyclamen covered with flowors will bo found n charming thing to uso on tho tnblo for occa sions whero flowers seem Indlspe.n sablo and cut flowors nro hard to get or cannot bo afforded. So will frccslns, as will daffodils or Roman hyacinths. Thoy will ho found far moro satisfactory than n great mass of cut flowers Inartlstlcnlly arranged. 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