The same refreshments may be served at your “Tulip Tea,” as you had for your afternoon in Holland, but your table decorations will need to be different. The very prettiest centerpiece you can have would be gay red and yellow tulips in a Japanese flower-holder. If you do not own one of these latter, give one to mother for her birthday, for they do not cost much, and are much prettier for flowers than a vase.
The candles should have red and yellow shades, and a little “tulip” lamp should stand at each place as a souvenir to take home.
“One leaf is for love and one is for hope
And one is for faith, you know,
And God put another one in for luck;
If you search you will find where they grow.”
Ella Higginson.