title: Vintage Flowers: Choosing, Arranging, Displaying
author:  Vic Brotherson 
description: Vic Brotherson is the owner of Scarlet & Violet, nominated by Time Out in 2008 as one of London's best specialist shops: "This exquisite flower shop takes your breath away." She has rapidly established herself as one of the leading florists in the country with a growing media profile and impressive client list to match.
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  # Wooden Crosses
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Roland Dorgeles
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. BROTHERS IN ARMS
  
  
  CHAPTER II. IN THE SWEAT OF THY BROW
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE RED PENNON
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. GOOD DAYS
  
  
  CHAPTER V. VIGIL
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. THE MILL WITH NO SAILS
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. IN THE CAFÉ DE LA MARINE
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. MOUNT CALVARY
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. MOURIR POUR LA PATRIE
  
  
  CHAPTER X. OUR LADY OF THE RAG-PICKERS
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. VICTORY
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. IN THE GARDEN OF THE DEAD
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE HOUSE WITH THE WHITE BOUQUET
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. LOVE'S OWN WORDS
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. EN REVENANT DE MONTMARTRE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE HERO'S RETURN
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. AND NOW IT IS OVER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER I. BROTHERS IN ARMS
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  ALTHOUGH flowers were already scarce at this season of the
  
  
  year, none the less there had been found enough to bedeck all the
  
  
  rifles in the company, and, as rich in blossoms as a cemetery, the
  
  
  battali