3-039-110 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Marriage of Princess Louise: the Bride's Bouquet, 1871. 'The bouquets held by her Majesty the Queen and her Royal Highness Princess Louise, during the marriage ceremony in St. George's Chapel, were made and presented to them by Mr. Charles Turner, of the Royal Nurseries, Slough. The bouquet of the Princess, which measured eighteen inches across, was an elegant work of art. It was bordered with rich Honiton lace. In the centre was a beautiful white rose, encircled with stephanotis, then cymbidium eburneum, phalaenopsis grandiflora, orange-blossom, odontoglossum Alexandra, odontoglossum pulchellum, lycaste Skinnerii alba, calanthe vestita alba, Bouvardia longiflora, gardenias, rhododendron jasminiflorum, adiantum cuneatum, Gleichenia flabellata, and myrtle. The bouquet-holder was trimmed round the edge with a ruching of white satin, and round the centre of the handle. Suspended from it by a white satin bow were two flamers and a silver cord with two silver tassels'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.