Bare trees, wind-tossed shrubberies and brown Jawns are all that remain of our outdoor gardens now and even our carefully cherished indoor plants are beginning to show wear and tear. The florists have a smaller variety of blooms and the home beautifier is sometimes at a loss to find flowers and greens for the table and home. This is where a visit to the Yokohama Nursery Company, opposite the Race Course will solve some problems of interior decoration.
Here one may find alJ manner of dwarf trees in attractive jardiniere es, the miniature pines selling from 50 cents up to the higher prices effect, with tiny figures of animals, asked forthe elaborate landscape
people and waterfalls. Other potted plants to be obtained here are the graceful Australian pines, flowering quinces, Phoenix dates, the aspidistra and other foliage plants.
The optimist who feels spring in jthe air the moment the winter {Solstice is past will also want to be planning his summer garden and enlisting the aid of the expert landscape gardeners on the staff of the Yokohama Nursery Company.; This applies especially to those who jate building now and want to hav 'a garden designed in sympathy with their architectural requirements. In this time of comparative leisure, the Yokohama Company will be} glad to discuss garden ideals and to submit designs.
Tue Sone or tHe SEQUIN.
Wandering along up Bubbling Well one's attention is caught by stunning creation of green sequins and black beads on black net over green satin in a shop window. We "stop, look listen"? and discover that this is the Salon Lucille" and its announcement of 25 pe* cent. reductions makes us delay a tea engagement to inspect the beguiling French models in stock.
The Song of the Sequin is certainly sung on al) the Parisian gowns this season and one fairly hears them chanting:
Glow, bugles, glow Set' the gay colours dancing, And answer sequins, answer With beads and jet entrancing!
Glittering, flashing, metallic were the notes which most of the chic evening gowns struck and some very opulent effects were displayed. Silver and gold lace in combination with sequins were also cleverly used.
An entirely different note of practical comfort was sounded in the good-looking serge and knitted dresses also in stock here, while the large assortment of hats and veils also offered at special prices should not be overlooked.
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