chenilles, which were also much used. They are tiny ropes of silk velvet 

 with an effect of rich short pile, like the old velvets of Genoa. 



It is easy to see how the Red Valerian came to be used as a model 

 for needlework. Short stitches and long would easily render the small 

 divisions of the calyx and the long slender spur and single pistil, and a 

 quantity of this, representing the rather crowded flower-head, would have 

 a very good effect on a white or light ground. 



The plant itself is a pretty one in any garden. Botanists say that it 

 is not indigenous, but it has taken to the country and acclimatised itself, 

 and now behaves like a native ; haunting quarries and railway cuttings 

 in the chalk. It is a capital plant for estabHshing on or in walls or bold 

 rockwork, as well as in the garden border. It is always thankful for 

 chalk or lime in any form. 



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