Flowers and Festivals 



fine wire, upon a strong string, the required length of 

 the wreath (see page 105), and the Httle bunches of 

 corn woven in at regular intervals, and in proper 

 rotation — oats, wheat, and barley ; so that, when the 

 wreath is fixed up, the corn hangs out, a fringe along 

 the bottom. Into the top of this wreath, the flowers 

 should be studded as thickly as possible on the 

 morning of the Festival. 



Harvest Sheaf. — Arrange ear by ear, and tie up, 

 separated just below the ears, three large handsful of 

 wheat ; after which oats, and also barley, in the same 

 manner. Then tie three bunches of wheat together, 

 about a foot below the ears, and so that the middle 

 bunch is a little higher than the two side ones ; 

 treat the barley in the same way — taking care, however, 

 to make the bunches rise one above another like 

 steps, in regular gradation. Having done the oats in 

 the same manner — tie, or what is better, buckle with a 

 stout leather strap, all the bunches together, placing 

 the wheat in the centre, with the oats on one side of 



