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Flowers and Festivals 



sewn firmly round a shape cut out in roofing " (see 

 page 1 1 6). 



The Border, consisting of greenery, bunches of 

 com — wheat, barley, and oats in regular succession — 

 Asparagus tops. Heather, or any other available mate- 

 rial, must then be sewn on, and the flowers added on 

 the morning of the Festival. 



The heap of Fruit at the bottom is piled on, and 

 made to hang from and over a small invisible wooden 

 bracket j the branches of Fir are tied to one another, 

 and fastened at the ends to the wall. 



The Crown is also to be cut out in roofing, or per- 

 forated zinc ^, thickly covered with moss or greenery, 

 and jewelled with flowers — ^which should be added 

 the last thing, just before the service, on the day of 

 the Festival. 



The band of moss round the bottom of the figure 



2 These Crowns, and many of the conventional forms, may be 

 obtained ready cut out, in various materials, at a moderate cost, 

 of Messrs. Cox and Sons, Southampton Street, Strand ; or of 

 Mr. Beal, S. Paul's Churchyard. 



