. Florence home needle-work. have bluesand yellows there are no reds. Tulips come nearer to covering the whole range of the spec-trum than any other species. They can be found ranging throughreds, yellows and purples, but a blue one has never been found. A wise choice of colors in Corticelli Fast Dye Silk is notall which goes to make an excellent piece of is of prime im-portance ; unsuitable stitches orcorrect stitches misplaced orrunning m the wrong direction fl often impair the good effect of Fl®* 57. —Border in Flat Stitch, ° Couching- and French Knots. the most artis


. Florence home needle-work. have bluesand yellows there are no reds. Tulips come nearer to covering the whole range of the spec-trum than any other species. They can be found ranging throughreds, yellows and purples, but a blue one has never been found. A wise choice of colors in Corticelli Fast Dye Silk is notall which goes to make an excellent piece of is of prime im-portance ; unsuitable stitches orcorrect stitches misplaced orrunning m the wrong direction fl often impair the good effect of Fl®* 57. —Border in Flat Stitch, ° Couching- and French Knots. the most artistic color selection. In nearly every principal town in the United States andin Canada stores may be found where a specialty is made ofembroidery material, and where instruction is given to buyersof such material. Many of these stores keep good stocks ofCorticelli Wash Silk, and if any of our readers need furtherinstruction in embroidery we advise them to seek thesestores, choosing one with a good reputation for g- He numbersrd(Fi ;1,1 tendrf there areSeated by thegtition. Onejast each ofd which sha<derthe headIsined. jtilon.— ; Old . 75 i icia. — Yello lie Blossomand Whifofor centre ilea.—Pink,Red, No. hu — Variej 544 : and lea— Whit<Green, N ^lors-buttan<l 739 ; i tolors-buttand 676. !l-llo\ i -Work taanvd FLORENCE HOME NEEDLEWORK. 53 the lis?Uow i ? 81 S a 1 : ;i we I id I) ^ i jK SI ifien I i FLOWERS. The numbers under this head tire taken from the Corticellicolor card (Fig. 53) and refer to shades used for the blos-soms. They do not include the shades required for stems,leaves and tendrils, which are nearly always green. Of thiscolor there are six distinct groups on the card, which areindicated by the letters a, 6, c, d, e and /, to avoid needlessrepetition. One of these letters appears as a reference markagainst each of the flowers in our list, and shows the groupfrom which shades of green are to be selected for the head


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