. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. Terrace A Garden Lantern. gold nasturtiums) ; then get a carpenter to cut about two dozen ribs (assorted sizes), nail these on either side of the trough as my sketch indicates, and per- fect the rounded form by nailing on length- wise common laths; over these his skin may be stretched and tacked on,—com- mon white canvas will do; this should be oiled afterward
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. Terrace A Garden Lantern. gold nasturtiums) ; then get a carpenter to cut about two dozen ribs (assorted sizes), nail these on either side of the trough as my sketch indicates, and per- fect the rounded form by nailing on length- wise common laths; over these his skin may be stretched and tacked on,—com- mon white canvas will do; this should be oiled afterward and painted like fanciful scales in several tones of green. For the legs, tail, and head, use wood and Port- land cement mixed with half its amount of sand. It will not be found a very hard task to model over sticks and broken bricks a sufficiently terrible looking head (alligator-like) and sprawling claws; paint. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Philadelphia W. A. Burpee
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