The English are far ahead of us in the liberal use of flowers at public gatherings although.in some of our private parties or wedding receptions, the Americans are often exceedingly lavish.

At a recent dinner in London, at the Inns of Court Hotel, the great hall of the hotel was most tastefully arranged with floral decorations. Thousands of flowers and plants were employed, all fresh, healthy, and charmingly arranged in an artistic manner.

Dishes were filled in pairs to match, with white, pink and scarlet; the upper part of the dish was scarlet Geranium, with crowning masses of Geranium Christine (pink), resting on Lycopodium Denticulatum. The lower part or base of each stand had its bed of Lycopod, with here and there magnificent blooms of Marechal Niel and other grand roses, interspersed with Lilies of the Valley.

The decorator who supplied these flowers, pays upwards of 82,000 annually for cut blooms' of these varieties of Geraniums, and $3,500 a year for Lycopodium Denticulatum,