Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1914 — TO HOLD THE CUT FLOWERS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO HOLD THE CUT FLOWERS

Bamboo Stand That Fits Into Corner of Room Is a Simple Ornament Easy to Make. Workers in bamboo should find no difficulty in constructing the novel and pretty stand for cut flowers shown in the accompanying sketch. Bamboo poles can be purchased very cheaply, and they can be -aslly cut up into the required lengths for making the stand. The canes should be plugged at the ends with wood, and fastened together with long, thin, sharp nails, holes having first been burnt in the. bamboo for them, with a fine red-bob' skewer. To finish off the upper ends of the three longest upright pieces of cane, small brass balls, similar to those used for finishing off the ends of bamboo curtain poles, are screwed. The canes are, of course, hollow and out. of the sides at the places Indicated in the sketch, pieces are cat and in the holes so made flowers with damp cotton wool wound round the stems may be inserted. Diagram Am at the top of the illustration, shows a; front view of one of the canes, with, the piece cut away, and diagram BL gives a side view and shows exactly* the shape of the portion that should! be removed. < • The stand fits into the corner of thel room, and in the sketch it is shown; only half filled with flowers, and thishas been done in order that the way in Which it is constructed may b* clearly seen. A stand of this kind is useful' throughout the year, as in the summer all kiiids of blossoms are available to fill it, and in the winter; holly

or other evergreens can be used. A corner of a room is always a difficult space to fiH prettily, and a stand of this nature containing dainty blossoms will look wonderfully weU and is inexpensive and easy to make.