THE nOUSEIIOLB. 



pane of window-glass, which should bo obscured, laying another transparent 

 pane of the same size over it, and binding the edges with ribbon, leaving the 

 group imprisoned between (use gum tragacanth in putting on the binding). 

 It is well to secure a narrow strip of paper under the ribbon. The bindhig 

 should bo gummed all around tho edge of the first pane, and dried before 

 the leaves, ferns, etc., are arranged; then it can bo neatly folded over the 

 second i)ane without difficulty. To f(n-m tho loop for hanging tho trans- 

 parency, paste a binding of galloon along thcui)pcr edge, leaving a two-inch 

 loop free in the center, afterward to be pulled through a little slit in the final 

 binding. These transparencies may either be hung before a window, or, 



if preferred, secured 

 against a pane in tho 

 sash. In country halls 

 a beautiful effect is pro- 

 duced by placing them 

 against tho side-lights of 

 the hall door. Where 

 the side-lights are each 

 of only a single pane, it 

 is well worth while to 

 place a single trans- 

 parency against each, 

 filling up the entire 

 space, thus affording 

 ample scope for a free 

 arrangement of tho ferns, 

 grasses, and leaves, 

 while the cifect of tho 

 light is very fine. Leaves 

 so arranged will pro- 

 serve their beautiful ap- 

 pearance throughout tho 

 entire winter. 



Flo-wer Paitcrnn 

 for Embroidory. — 



Great taste can bo dis- 

 played in selecting ap- 

 propriate flower patterns 

 for an embroidered de- 

 sign. The double and 

 single hyacinths, com- 

 bined with a tulip, give a lovely effect. The fine dark blue of tho former 

 and the scarlet-margined yellow of the latter show to splendid advantage on 

 black velvet or deep brown satin. White and purple lilacs mixed with the 

 gold and yellow crocus give a striking design for floss and bead needlework, 

 on a dark brown of some rich goods. The light blue crocus, with its pretty 

 tippings of snow white, combines riclily with tho doublo red anemone, a de- 

 sign well suited for a center-piece on a table or a piano cover. The border 

 would look handsome worked in some sort of creeping plant, with tho cor- 

 ners finished off in star anemones clustered with autumn loaves. The BoUo 

 Laura tulip is of a lovely violet huo enhanced in beauty by the mixture of 

 ■\yhite; this flower is very effective in large pieces of embroidery with a touch 



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