Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . s the light and air, but not full sun-shine. During the week, if very dry, alittle water may be poured on the ferns may be arranged in a similarpan filled with dry sand; and if theyhave been carefully pressed and retaintheir color, the effect is very good,but not equal to the growing arrangement is made by cuttingthe shape of the back and sides of the grateout of pasteboard. The bottom rests onthe lower bars, the sides come to within aninch of the front, and the top reaches as farup as possible. Take half-a-dozen sheets of French
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . s the light and air, but not full sun-shine. During the week, if very dry, alittle water may be poured on the ferns may be arranged in a similarpan filled with dry sand; and if theyhave been carefully pressed and retaintheir color, the effect is very good,but not equal to the growing arrangement is made by cuttingthe shape of the back and sides of the grateout of pasteboard. The bottom rests onthe lower bars, the sides come to within aninch of the front, and the top reaches as farup as possible. Take half-a-dozen sheets of French tissue-paper of brightscarlet; cut asloping piecefrom each longside, about twoinches in the mid-dle of the sheet,and sloping tothe point at thecorners. Cut afringe on eachside the paper aninch-and-a-halfdeep. Double thesheet the longway; then, theother; again di-agonally from thepoint in the cen-tre ; then eachedge back on thediagonal tightly thewhole paperthrough the fin-gers of the righthand, holding thepoint in the fin-. FiG. 3. with pieces cut- from another sheet. An-other method with grates is to cover withKensington work and outline embroideryon momie-cloth and the various coarsestuffs. Fit the material closely from side toside, and from the top nearly to the bed of poppies makes a beautiful them one mass of leaf, bud, and openflower, in pink, white, and bright red. Ox-eyed daisies with stems and a few leaves atthe base of a plush-covered board are noveland look well. Have them close togetherand extending half-way up. Commonbrown paper, stiff and heavy, serves as abackground on which both sunflowers anddaisies can be painted in oils; giving abroad effect to the flowers, and keepingleaves and stems subordinate. Pink andwhite foxgloves are good subjects; and soare the mallows. A pasteboard box cov-ered with the rough bark of the birch lookspretty when filled with lichens or mosses,arranged about masses of bloom from themist-tree, gathered befor
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