Description of the Designs 



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tubes that are sold for the purpose. It is to hide 

 these tubes that the Convolvulus sprays are made to 

 spring from bunches of corn, which do not require 

 water; and may, therefore, be placed outside the 

 tubes. 



In some Fonts there is room between the pillars, or 

 round the main column, for plants trained tall and 

 narrow, to be placed round the base, in the pots in 

 which they are growing. The pots can always be sunk 

 in moss ; and, if they stand very close together, by 

 placing one letter on each, a short text or single word, 

 as " Hosanna," or Alleluia," may be carried round. 



In the Drawing, the decoration used is Fern leaves, 

 Male Fern, or Osmunda regalis^ and Gladiolus; Tri- 

 tonias may also be similarly used, with very beautiful 

 effect. 



For the top, the moss may be banked up, either on 

 or without a foundation, according to the quantity of 

 material, the size of the Font, or the required height of 

 the design ; and into this moss, the flowers — Scarlet 

 Geraniums, Rose-coloured Zonellas, White Camellias, 



