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A LADY’S FLORAL CABINET. 
A Memorial or The Ladies’ Floral Cabinet. 
“ A wreath that cannot fade, of flowers that blow 
With most success when all beside decay. 1 * 
It is a crystal cabinet of never fading flowers, which 
we are about to describe; a beautiful memorial of 
The Ladies’ Floral Cabinet. 
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floral cabinet.’ 
“ Studious of ornament, yet unresolved 
Which hue the most approved, she chose them all.” 
The materials used in making the Centennial “ Flo¬ 
ral Cabinet ” are pasteboard, glass, strong silk bind¬ 
ing, chenille, very fine or small sized silk thread, and 
satin of red, white and blue colors, and any other color 
to cushion the inside, everlasting flowers, fine grasses, 
and green French moss, and strong paste and gum. 
Cut a pasteboard bottom, round, and eight inches 
across, and a paper of the same size, which makes 
the measuring easier; fold the paper in middle three 
times, which forms a cone shape; cut the cone across 
the large end; unfold the paper, lay it on the paste¬ 
board, and mark it around with a pencil, and cut it the 
same size as the paper; rule the paper and pasteboard 
both alike, with lines across marking the eight divis¬ 
ions, and a line three-quarters of an inch from the 
edge all around. There is to be an eight-sided hoop 
of pasteboard, three inches wide, and nineteen and a 
half long, fastened edgewise on this line; the flowers 
are to be sewed on the outside of it before it is fastened 
in; rule lines two and a half inches apart, and bend 
it on each line, making eight divisions; cover each di¬ 
vision with alternate red, white, blue, white, then red, 
and so on. The bottom of the box outside of . the 
strip must be of the same colors. 
Cut eight glasses three inches square ; bind them by 
pasting the ribbon around the edges with strong paste, 
and let them dry perfectly before you sew them to¬ 
gether ; then sew them around the eight-sided paste¬ 
board bottom ; sew on for feet four large round but- 
ora. 
tons; arrange in the centre of each division of the red, 
white, and blue strip a little bouquet of everlasting 
flowers, green moss and small grasses; and sew it in 
its place. Put dark flowers on the white, and yellow 
and light on the red and blue. You must have eight 
red and white and blue pieces, to cover the top, be¬ 
tween the glass and flower strips ; they measure three 
inches on one side, two and a half on the other, and 
three-quarters of an inch on each end. 
You will want eight more just like them to hold the 
same situation on the cover, when that is made to rest 
on these when the cover is shut. There must he an¬ 
other strip of pasteboard to fit closely inside of the 
flower strip to sew the cushion on to, and then paste it 
in. finishing the edge with fine chenille gummed < n ; 
paste the bottom cushion in first; an eight-sided 
pasteboard, cushioned. Highly perfume the cushion, 
as this being a “Floral Cabinet,” of'course there must 
be a cloud of fragrance whenever the cover is raised. 
“ A box where sweets compacted lie,” 
as wbeu you turn the leaves of The Ladies’ Floral 
Cabinet, of which this is a memorial. 
“ Another Flora there, of bolder hues 
And richer sweets, beyond our garden’s pride. 11 
The eight glasses composing the cover, are four inches 
long, three inches wide at one end, tapering to one 
inch at the other; the small ends are to be sewed 
around the flat top piece; each side of the top piece 
measures one inch ; it is two and a half inches across 
from one point to the opposite point. The inside 
pasteboard cover is made of pieces two and three-quar¬ 
ter inches long, two and a half wide at one end, taper¬ 
ing to one inch, to he sewed on to an eight-sided flat 
piece like the glass one, covered outside, to match the 
rest, with red, white, and blue, the colors to be in 
stripes from the bottom of the box to the top. Per¬ 
haps it would he easier to cushion each piece before 
they are sewed together, or make the cushions on other 
pieces and sew them or paste them in afterwards ; sew 
the flowers on the side next the glass first. There 
must be a strip, three-quarters of an inch wide, be¬ 
tween the flat top glass and the pasteboard under it 
where flowers are sewed on, the strip goes all around 
the glass, bent in eight divisions, each measure an 
inch, and colored red, white and blue. 
Where the cover rests on the box, sew eight pieces 
in a circle, from the glass to the pasteboard, each piece 
measuring three inches on one side, two and a half on 
the other, and three-quarters of an inch on each end, 
exactly like those around the top of the box. The 
cover is sewed, where hinges ought to be, not too 
tightly, and sew ribbon inside to keep it from falling 
back, and a loop to open it by, or anything hand- j 
somer. The right kind of old odd ear-drops would 
do. Then, the inside being finished, you must cover 
the joinings outside. 
A very pretty.thing for that purpose made of knit 
zephyr worsted, is 
imitation moss 
of different shades of green; yellowish colors, and a 
little brown. Cut the knitting in strips, sew it on, and 
then ravel it out : it looks very like moss. 
Pin or sew a bouquet inside the cover of the Centen¬ 
nial “ Floral Cabinet,” and it is finished. It is a very 
pretty thing when done; but a greater sensation 
would be 
“the ladies’ floral cabinet” enlarged. 
Make the frame of wood, any size you please, the 
panels where the flowers are to be, like a window- 
sash, so you can have pasteboard on the back of the 
door, and glass on the front; an inch is space enough, 
unless you would like to introduce a stuffed bird or so; 
then it ought to be an inch and a half at least. Cover 
the frame of the “ Cabinet” with muslin, and paint it 
to look like wood, or cover it with handsome cloth, and 
trim with fringe ; yon can make it all yourself. Putty 
the glass in on the outside, and paint putty and sash 
ail one color; the inside rim of the glass frames color, 
suppose, brown ; cover the pasteboards with brown 
cloth, sew on the flowers, in a wreath or bouquet or 
clump, and fasten it in and paste paper over the whole 
door or doors inside, or cloth of one color, and line all 
the conspicuous parts with the same. Set a showy 
bouquet of everlasting flowers or grass on top of the 
“ Cabinet.” 
It is a thing that can be made very ornamental, and 
with little expense. Saw out of thin hoards or cut 
out of cardboard, a border to go around the top of 
the “ Cabinet,” and ornamental pieces for the corners 
of the flower panels. You can make the panel appear 
any shape you please. 
Color the scroll work to correspond with the rest, 
and if you place gold paper behind it, it will look like 
walnut and gold, if you paint the “ Cabinet” with 
Vandyck brown. 
THE GOTHIC “ FLORAL CABINET” 
might be made like a bow-window in front, with three 
panels, or five, if you want it large. Cut it all out 
with the scroll saw; tack the glass inside, and make 
a frame of lath that will just fit around it, or glue a 
strip of pasteboard in the lath frame to rest on the 
glass to keep it in its place ; cut a pasteboard to tack 
on the back of the frame to sew the flowers on. It 
would be better to bore the tack holes when you fas¬ 
ten the lath frame in its place behind the glass ; there¬ 
fore procure a good bore-ax. Line the whole “Cabi¬ 
net” with crimson cloth or paper; paste gold paper 
on the lath frame between the glass and flowers. The 
background of the flowers would look well a light 
blue, like the sky, and when it is done, it will be a 
handsome thing for an exhibition. Put a plaited piece 
of cloth the color of the lining around the lath frame 
inside to look nice when the door is open. 
THE RUSTIC “FLORAL CABINET” 
made of a packing box, covered with roots and 
branches, is a novelty; but don’t put them on so the 
door won’t open. Saw large oval holes for the glasses 
on three sides. Arrange the flowers to look as if they 
grew up from the bottom of the opening, and let wheat 
seem to be growing behind, and don’t forget the birds 
and butterflies; the background should be sky blue ; 
nail the roots around the glass, to look as if you were 
looking through a vista, in the woods, to a flowery 
plain beyond. Line the “Cabinet” with sky blue, 
and stand stuffed birds on the top. 
The largest roots should be nearest the glasses, and 
small ones around the outside. If legs are put to it, 
and ornamented with roots and grape branches in 
gothic style, it will he handsomer still. If everlasting 
flowers are scarce, or there is a “ corner” in the mar¬ 
ket, you can fill up with artificial flowers. There is 
no end to the things that might be made on this plan. 
It is almost worth while to raise everlasting flowers 
on purpose. We hope our readers can gather an idea 
of what the capabilities are of The Ladies’ Floral 
Cabinet. _ Zivore. 
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