This section is from the book "Practical Cooking And Serving", by Janet McKenzie Hill. Also available from Amazon: Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of How to Select, Prepare, and Serve Food [1919].
Whipped cream.
Fruit: fresh, purées, compote, canned, or candied (maraschino cherries, cooked figs, primes, raisins, etc.).
Fruit jellies, cut in figures or chopped.
Ivory jelly (sweetened cream and gelatine) cut in fanciful shapes.
Angelica, cut in pieces, leaves, stems, etc., (green in color).
Preserved ginger, whole pieces or slices cut in figures.
Preserved chestnuts, whole or in pieces.
Almonds, pistachio nuts, English walnuts, and pecan nuts.
 
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