Our homes; how to beautify them. One hundred and fifty engravings (1888)
[Martin, George A.] d. 1904 · New York, O. Judd co. · leaf 110
or coloring, bronzing, and otherwisegiving grasses an unnatural appearance. We considerall these in bad taste. Colored grasses are disgusting ;those that are dried in the shade will keep their beauti- DECORATIONS OF FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 107 ful natural colors. Autumn leaves should be gatheredwhen… … FIG. 87.—BASKET WITH DRIED GRASSES. vessels of the climbing bitter-sweet {Celastrus scandens),or of its near kindred the strawberry bush {Euonymusatropurpureus), are very effective. A very neat andshowy arrangement is shown in Fig. 86. It is an in-verted Japanese umbrella, suspended by ribbons of…
Fancy work · Interior decoration
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