Within the last few years a great change has been wrought in the style of making up flowers for personal adornment. A few years back the idea of using Ivy leaves that had become discolored by exposure would have been considered absurd; yet at the present time their use has become general; and the once indispensable Maidenhair Fern is falling more and more into disuse, for, besides Ivy leaves, many other kinds of foliage are used. The Ivy leaves that are used are mostly imported from France; they are rather small in size, and of a beautiful bronzy hue, and when nicely worked up they are very effective; besides which they last well, where Maidenhair Fern would quickly perish. In all kinds of floral arrangements various sorts of colored foliage are very extensively used, and when brought in combination with flowers of distinct colors are certainly more appropriate than the indiscriminate use of Maidenhair Fern. - Gardeners' Chronicle.