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Decoration of the Table

The illustration of Completely Arranged Dinnertable is given more for the hints and suggestions it contains than for close imitation. With handsome silver and cut glass the wealthy can, of course, make up a magnificent dinner-table. The floral work shown in the illustration is thus done: In the dish at the bottom of the center-piece place the flowers of the scarlet cereus, and about it cluster stephanotus, with spikes of cyperus, alternating with delicate fern-leaves above. In the compartment half-way up the stand are various flowers, including [362] pale small geraniums, lily of the valley, maiden-hair, some spikes of ornamental grasses, with lycopodium trailing over the edge. In the funnel-shaped top is a bouquet of various flowers, with vines drooping therefrom. The end-pieces are low pots of ferns covered with foliage. There is a small bouquet at every plate. Of course, excessive decoration will not be indulged in by persons of good taste, however wealthy. The every-day decoration is in accordance with the every-day expenditure, but within this limit some attempt should be made by all, every-day, to beautify the table with flowers and in other ways that refined taste may suggest.