Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1914 — Pottery Suitable for Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Pottery Suitable for Flowers.

There should be harmony between the flowers and the receptacles which hojd them. A vase of flowers should be plain and not ornate. It is strange that so few houses are supplied with vases suitable for flowers. Pottery and glass holders are to be preferred. The unglazed Rookwood and Gruby ware are beautiful, but costly. There are, however, many good imitations. Cut glass, cypress glass, the iridescent, favrile and rock crystal, and many other varieties of glass make beautiful receptacles for flowers. A wire screen placed on. top of a Wldemouthed vase is a valuable aid in the arrangement of flowers. The Japanese perforated holder, to be placed in the bottom of a case, is also a splendid idea. By using it each flower stem can be put in a separate hole, giving a most natural appearance, as of flowers growing. The size of the vase must be in proportion to the flowers it contains, short-stemmed flowers requiring small, shallow vases, and long-stemmed flowers, tall and deep ones. For example, pansies, nasturtiums, sweet peas, require low receptacles; roses, lilies and chrysanthemums tall ones.