262 POT-POURRI. 



thus pretty thickly covered and then placed inside 

 the fender where it will dry and harden slowly, it 

 will so shrink that only the clove heads are seen ; 

 it may then be taken for some rare tropical fruit, 

 and when quite dried it will last for many years. 

 The pot-pourri can be made and perfumed in a 

 variety of ways according to taste. I have only 

 given some general directions which I have found 

 to answer well. 



As winter comes on it is pleasant work to 

 prepare the little bags to hold the scent. These 

 can be quickly made by a sewing-machine, or, as 

 in my case, enable one to keep a poor woman 

 constantly employed to make the thousands that 

 I need for the purpose. 



Fine spotted muslin is perhaps the prettiest 

 material to use ; any shape or size may of course 

 be adopted, but the Bible Flower Mission requires 

 that the bags should be about four and a half 

 inches long by three and a half inches wide, 

 trimmed at the open end with a narrow piece of 

 lace about an inch wide. Special printed text 

 cards are sold at the Bible Flower Mission Depot, 

 no, Cannon Street, E.G., with a small opening in 



