Flowers and Festivals 



roofing or boarding," a sort of coarse millboard which 

 combines great strength, flexibility, and toughness, with 

 sufficient softness of texture to admit of a strong 

 needle and thread being easily passed through it. 

 The cost of this material is fourpence a sheet, and the 

 size of the sheet about three feet by five. If this can 

 be procured, it is almost invariably preferable to 

 perforated zinc, which is much more expensive, more 

 apt to break, and a great deal more trouble to work 

 upon ; since it catches the thread continually, and fre- 

 quently breaks it. 



Another necessary material for foundation work, is 

 waterproof paper — to save either a dry device from a 

 damp wall, or a dry wall from a damp device. This is 

 sold by paper-hangers at a trifle a yard ; and consists of 

 two sheets of whitey-brown lining paper with a coating 

 of india-rubber or gutta-percha between them. 



Cartooning Paper. — The best is slightly tinted, and 

 may be obtained of any Artists' Colourman, at about a 

 shilling a yard, and is about forty-five inches in 

 width. 



