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WIL.METT·E LI-FB The HOME and its ENVIRONMENT OFFERS POINTERS IN . FLOWER ARRANGEMENT Mrs. C. D. Ewer Cites Ten · "Guides" to Be Obaervecl in Creating Bouquets Rock Garden Has Novel Fountain ocrOBER GARDENERS PLANT SPRING BULBS Array of Earl;-Fi;wera WD1 Ap. pear Only If Plaatecl in FaD 1 ... Ten points to be ·observed in flower October is the time to plant bulbs arrangement are recommended by Mrs. for spring flowering. Nothing is· more C. D. Ewer of 1111 Ashland avenue exciting than finding the first little Wilmette. Mrs. Ewer is secretary of snowdrop which has pushed its head the Garden club of Illinois, was one up through the cold ground to see· if of the founders of the Wilmette Evespring isn't due to come around. This ning Garden club, has been president ·of the Wilmette Garden club, has been flower, the · Galanthus family, sh~utd judge of flower arrangement in shows, be planted beneath trees and in fairly and has spoken often before garden well sheltered places. And it should enthusiasts on flower arrangement. be planted informally for no one wants I. A love of flowers is necessary to to see spring flowers set in stiff rows the person arranging flowers before or plots. · she can hope to be successful in her The crocus family has a myriad task. The person working with flowers species, and in buying them and plantmust appreciate the full value of each ing the bulbs the color scheme is the unit of the bouquet. Each flower has greatest .thing to consider, except that to be considered as a part of the whole they must have planty of room and must not lose its identity. . spread, for the bulb ·m.ultiplies quickly. They must not be planted· deeply, an II. Make a mental oicture of th& inch of covering being sufficient, or· finished bouquet. It is ·first created in they will not bloom. the mind and then carried out by the eye and ~and. . The daffodil is a flower dear to ' many hearts. They bloom in late Simple ArraaaemeDt Beat March or April. It likes to nestle at · Ill. The arrangement must be simthe foot of shrubs and is a most hardy ple. Simplicity adds' to the charm The rock garden of. Adoipheus . Bertling at 315 Washington avenue, and over-crowding makes it heavy Wilmette, ·is one ·of the beautiful gar_dens belonging to older residents of the bulb. It need not be lifted until the bulbs are too thick. Like the other and solid rather than light and airy. north shore. The ·3ingle spray of the fountain splashes in the rock banked pool. spring flowers it likes the natural arWhen an arrangement does not give rangement best. a feeling of satisfaction upon compleTulip Blooms Vary tion, more flowers should not be added. A little later come the tulips. First The person arranging the flowers the short, dwarf tulips bloom. There should begin pulling out flowers are many tulip groups, favorite among rather than add to them. As an ilwhich is thP L~rwin tulip. It is beaulustration of the evils of over-crowding, tifully c · - ~ 1 , cup-shaped, and is carMrs. Ewer cited an incident happening Screens, ornamental screens, utiliModernism in interior decoration has ried o.t a straight, tall, stiff stem. It ~t a flower show some years ago. The tarian 5creens have come to mean almost supplanted the good old craze comes in almost any shade but yellow. JUdges, be.fore the hour of judging, mucll in the home. In the shops are for antique . The newest furniture is The cottage tulip opens out more 3 were lookmg over some of the ex- seen small screens with two · panels, than the Darwin tulip and is not quite ~ibits. One in particular they men- larger scree!lS with three panels, dec- beginning to look as thoug!t modern so formal in appearance. Its stem is tioned for the first ribbon. It was a or.ated jn a dozen ways. The most homes will look like store windows. not as tall as the Darwin species. The table decorated very simply but in the popular style of decoration seem5 to Modernism is not as bad as all that variations and shadings of the flower best of taste, giving a pleasing en- be prints placed neat the top of a if the decorater will not let the fad . commend it to the grower. semble. A .nearby table was loaded stippled screen. The Breeder . tulip i.s still more OJ?elf run away with him. If he does, then with flowers, a ,tall bouquet and . two If the home follow:- the American we shall read by a lamp whose base than the other t'!o, tts leaves curlmg smaller ones at this table for four. style. ·Colonial, early American, what is a triangle set with round mirrors back soon a_fter 1t c<?me.s out of. the The woman displaying the over-loaded ever type of American has been chos- and whose shade looks like a packing ~ud. The parrot tultp ts fa!ltasttcal, table got the woman displaying the en, the pictures on the screen are box. The chair will be -composed of Its orange ,and other color~ bemg m?st first to add more flowers to her ex- taken from the Godey's Ladie 3' book planes and angles and the smoking cheerfuL fhe. opened tuhp looks bke hibit, causing her to Jose any chance or from early steel engravings which stand may be fashioned after a coal a parrot. Until recently the stems of are colored. In any event they are shovel. ~his tulip ~ave been too weak to make at the first ribbon. prints pasted on the screen and shel+-h finer patterns of furniture we 1t a practical garden flower. . ~1· 1 StriYe for Oriainality fin~ ~ 0~ 1 e beautiful pieces of inlay, ':fher~ are m.any ot~er varieties of IV. Aim for originality. Originality lacked over. The French home picks French notably in a type of bedroom furniture tuhps m the smgle and double early does. not mean freakishness, which in prints and. the English ru~s to hunt- now on the market. It borrows a note !ulips and the lily ~owered tulip which all. m~tances is to be avoided. The ing scene 5. Whatever the style of the. from Sheraton, for instance, giving a :s a graceful, reflexmg flower. arhst m flower arrangement may pat- interior the scene mcst match. The charm of line to the en~emble. The Hyacinths Retana tern af.ter the Japanese, following many screen for the modern home, rath.er. modernistic note comes in the etched Hyacinths a:re returning to favor for of .thetr rules for flower arrangement the home decorated in the moderms- mirrors, the handles in ivory, the both formal beds and border plantwha~h. are adaptable to our own mode tic style, is made with the brilliant blending of wood in mahogany and ings. They must be planted in well o.f hvmg. The Japanese will prefer a colors in a manner that appears as maple inlaid with satinwood and ebony. drained garden soil and often the beds smgle. branch of cherry blossoms re- though a mi:;t were over the 'Yhole, Black plate glass and steel are used must be raised to prevent the bulbs semblmg a tree to place in a vase the colors laid on i1. 1 triangles, Circles, . as materials with which the modern- from rotting. rather than a number of smaller and what not. Hardy lilies are an addition to any ist's table is built. Although it might flowers which would crowd a vase. remind some people of soda fountains, g<~.rden and are a favorite with many . V. Create an interest in table decora- of tones, qvantit y, and shape for the the combination is finding favor in the gardeners. The lilium candidum, or Madonna lily should be ordered earlier tl_?n. .A beautifully arranged center- sake of rhythm, balance, and harmony. eyes of many. One of the main fea.tures of the an4 planted earlier than any of the paece m the proper receptacle immedi- The pr~nciples of order and beauty ately starts a conversation and does should guide the composer, w~o should modernist's home is the built-In furni- others. Many of ·the lilies which are a~ay with the stiffness of the begin- alwavs remember that arrangmg flow- ture. Striking combinations of color imported from Japan come after the naqg of a formal dinner. ers fs like paintin~ a picture and the are U5ed on these articles which take ground is frozen, but they may be the eve through the force of their planted late if the ground is kept soft VI. The receptacle must be of such same principles apply to it. color.· Built-in tables are a conven- by muching and covering with straw. shape and design as to give the arX. The completed flower _ a rrange- ience advocated by the decorator. The . rangement a feeling of stability and of ment should have a natural and not huilt-in bunk has come from the 'rrees .a nd shrubs With bright colproper color to blend with flowers and an artificial look. Nature should be butch and others to enter our homes. ored b.et;ries. at:~ in evidence after the table appointments. : taken for the example. The lighting of this alcove makes it leaves depart in the fall. Such plants VII. Order . enters into . flower . ar- Other details to be c?nside~ed .are most acceptable to the person who as the mountain ash, the barberry, s to t~ad in bed., The· fixtures of and 6amiQg bush are attractive late rangements. Small flowers should. be proper spacing, correctJme, . dtr~ct1on, like. grouped and not scattered. The latter color. lightness to creat~ a f~elmg of the room are not the old-fashioned into the winter. They should be completeness a n d satasfa~tJOn, and candelabra but look like flower hold- planned when the garden is bare and gives a feeling of restlessness. ers Clttachtd ·to the walls: ·at . intervals. planted at· the-·. 1)foper tilDe. ·- . ·: ·-' - . ·. ·'. IX: Pute ctesfan· is the composition lights and shadows to lend mterest. --- to Period Home Finds Modernistic Touch New Screens to Fit Finds Its Place in in With Decoration Decoration of Home