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Flowers mid Festivals 



which, however, would look excellently well if made 

 of wood an inch thick, and then richly gilt upon the 

 edges. 



The green Lattice-work on each side of the Arch 

 may be applied to the Dado ^ of the Chancel, if there 

 be one ; or to any available blank w^all-space that has 

 straight lines for its boundaries. 



The leaves must be sewn separately on strips of 

 strong brown paper, about an inch wide ; and nailed 

 to the top and bottom of the crossings. The designs 

 on each side of the Cross may be covered in endless 

 variety, according to individual taste or available 

 local material. 



Plate III. — The flowers in this decoration being 

 only as beautiful and graceful as they are liable 

 quickly to fade, must be placed in the small invisible 



2 * ' Dado, the solid block or cube forming the body of a 

 pedestal in Classical Architecture, between the base, mouldings, 

 and the cornice ; also, an architectural arrangement of mouldings, 

 &c., round the lower part of the walls of a building, resembling 

 a continuous pedestal." — Parker's " Glossary, '''' 



