One of the prettiest fancies recently noticed was used at a large London dinner. It was a large cornucopia of yellow pompon chrysanthemums, laid flat and close together,, while a profusion of beautiful white flowers were wired, and stood up above the cornucopia at the top as though they were the contents of the holder. The same idea carried out in pale pink and white carnations with a few long sprays of smilax would be equally pretty and effective. Another handsome dinner table ornament is a large mirror laid in the center of the table with pond lilies resting upon it. A dish of moss, ferns and English violets also forms an unobtrusively elegant fiat center piece. Shallow bowls of cut glass filled with long-stemmed rose-buds of white and pale yellow tints are conventional but extremely tasteful; other pretty combinations can be made also.

The Rood Plum is attracting considerable attention in some parts of Central New York. It is larger than Lombard, much better in flavor, and the tree is productive and hardy. The fruit is wine-colored. The variety originated some years ago at South Cortland, N. Y.