The florist had arranged his last cluster, and the floor had received its last polishing; the dainty canary draperies were coquettishly caught up with garlands of flowers, while here and there slender palms cast their graceful shadows upon the shining floor, and white and gold woodwork peeped from behind smilax and roses.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
Then he took the cut flowers, and smilax, and spread them loosely in the centre of the little table, which otherwise had nothing on it, except the furnishings placed at each seat.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
The bottom lands of the great river were found to be covered with a network of underwood, and among this underwood the principal plant was a well-known briar, smilax officinalis.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid