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should be especially thick ; so as almost to smother 

 the crimson Dahlias with which it is studded. 



For Easter, the foundation of the Shield may be 

 blue instead of scarlet, with the letters of white 

 double Daisies, or of the pretty little flower known as 

 " Bachelor's Buttons," or the separate blossoms of the 

 lesser Celandine. 



The same variations would apply to the Crown. 



For Christmas, the Shield may be covered with 

 either scarlet or crimson, with the Text in Rice or 

 Honesty Work, described on page 118, and the 

 Crown jewelled with Immortelles. 



Plate II. — A Chancel Arch, with a text running 

 round it, which may be illuminated either in oil 

 colours on zinc, or in water colours on cartooning 

 paper ; in the latter case, the paper is to be mounted 

 on roofing. Or, the roofing foundation may be 

 covered with crimson or blue, and the letters, in any 

 sort of colour or material, placed separately upon it. 



The same varieties of material apply to the Cross ; 



