STRANGE FLOWERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 6 (Supplement)

STRANGE FLOWERS.

Fun flowers arc a new craze. We are to ' 1 have sable loses and chinchilla orchids, I ermine edelweiss, and oilier blossoms ■'."'1 equally absurd. Crude they are, but won- ) derful, for, despite the fact that nothing , 1 could be more different in Nature's schema | than the coat of an animal and. the'petals I of a flower, a. casi-tal.-i liheniss in the tjtos-. , - I BMW represent'J Is contrived by the W'- . of fur. That it is a more pleasant medium" tliail WOOI for (he purpose of' flower-inaU ing there is no maimer of doubt, a fact ' that ocular demonstration proved when w« saw grotesque trails of little dahlias, roses, and oven fuscLias wrought in-- crudelycoloured wools over wire. And the bead ' ones, ■ trembling on ugly wires, wore even worse. Such flowers ore still to be found in some houses edging the crochet mats, on !, which lamps and even books were placed. ' They wore rejoiced in by their makers," when the art of needlework was at, a very -' low ebb, and women found pleasure in wax as well as in bead and worsted materials for the. making of grotesque similitudes of. • flowers and fruit. It is not to .-.11 women that the rococo blossoms that have' been ' described, or the fur ones, will appeal Realism is preferred. Nevertheless, in its best expression, that of actually living 'flowers, the corsage bouquet is not a lasting joy. An hour may suffice to wither the pretty blossoms, and half a- day's ■ wear is certain to end in their complete decay. To the rescue come" artificial . flowers that are so like those provided by Nature, that they can lie worn with them, and among the new productions are bios-' soms made of vegetable tissue,- which are absolutely life-like. They are so"lif<Mik& . that to the touch there is no difference between them and the real flowers, and the petals actually fall, adding to their' marvellous verisimilitude. ' -"• ' ' ; " ' ' , = ;--v : v'; : '.■;■; y ; r: '/