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Procure also some of the common iron wire, which 

 is sold in coils of different degrees of fineness, at 

 about threepence or fourpence a pound. It should be 

 of a size that may be readily cut with a large pair of 

 common scissors, but strong enough to secure the 

 boughs to the cord by merely bending it round them 

 once or twice, and fastened by the ends being twisted 

 together. 



Take care not to begin the work upon too long a length 

 of cord — about six to eight feet will be found sufficient ; 

 and, if long wreaths are required, these lengths may be 

 joined as desired. One end of the rope or stout cord 

 upon which the wreath is to be constructed should 

 be tied to some firm support ; small sprays or branches 

 should then be fastened on to the cord at intervals 

 of about two feet, by knotting the cord round each 

 spray or branch ; by this means, the remainder of the 

 smaller sprays or branches, which are to be fastened 

 on the cord with wire, will be kept from slipping out 

 of their places. 



There is another method sometimes used, of fasten- 



