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By Adams & Bishop. 
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER, 1879. 
No. 95. Price 12 Cents. 
FLOWER AND AQUARIUM 
STAND. 
This elegant stand is suitable for a 
b'ay-wiu<lo\v, though it is so highly or¬ 
namental that it will appear as a rich 
and beautiful elegancy wherever it 
may be placed. The stand itself may 
be formed of a table, circular in form, 
and with top supported ou a pedestal; 
or, if preferred, one may be purchased 
of an} - other form desired. Upon the 
top of this stand is placed a deep 
wooden bowl, cr small tub lined with 
zinc, and furnished with a drain-hole 
which will allow any over-abundance 
of water to be drawn off by removing 
the stopple each day. 
The lambrequins are formed of 
scarlet or green cloth. If of scarlet, 
the figures must be cut from gray silk 
and worked upon the edge with saddler’s 
sillc of a gold color; the wheat is work¬ 
ed i:i half polka-stitcli with various- 
colored silk. If green cloth is prefer¬ 
red, the figures are cut from golden- 
brown satin, and stitched on with but¬ 
ton-hole stitch outlie edge. The flow¬ 
ers, wheat-cars, etc., are in chain- 
stitch, with violet silk, and leaves, 
stems, tendrils, etc., in green of lighter 
shades than the ground, with shades of 
brown in certain parts, such as stems, 
leaves, and grasses. The edges are 
pinked out in long scalloped points. 
If the appropriate fish-pattern, seen 
in the illustration, is used, let the 
cloth be of a fine blue or sea-green; 
work the fish in shades of gold and 
brown, the leaves at the top in bright 
shades of crimson, purple, and green, 
the holder below of gold thread. Make 
the tassels between of bright shades of 
silk or wool. The fish-globe is placed 
Flower and Aquarium Stand. 
on stand cut from walnut and bronzed, 
and is in shape of a dolphin. A beau¬ 
tiful ornament of this kind may be 
made by purchasing a pair of the “ fish 
pieces ” that are intended to ornament 
sideboards, etc., in dining rooms, of 
the “ artificial wood-carvings,” and 
fastening them upon each side of a 
round stem of wood, two inches in di¬ 
ameter, which is to be securely fasten¬ 
ed in the centre of the bowl, the fish 
being upon the upper part above the 
edge of the bowl, and on it screw a 
round plate of walnut ornamented with 
shells of the same—imitations—around 
the entire edge. Upon this the globe 
or aquarium is placed. The entire 
wood-work may be bronzed, if desired. 
These carvings bronze well. We took 
this stand for a pattern, and formed a 
most elegant one by proceeding as de¬ 
scribed above ; the entire cost of stand, 
ornaments, materials, etc., was less 
than five dollars. In appearance it 
was even more ornamental than the 
pattern of the costly stand shown in 
the illustration. 
Evergreen Tree Grub. —A fly 
deposits its eggs in the main leaders 
of evergreen trees; grubs are hatched 
and eat into the heart and live upon 
the pith—eating upwards. When the 
leaders wither or look sickly, cut 
them off and split them up and kill 
Mr. Grub. It can be seen where 
such grubs are in the shoots, as 
there are small holes with cut wood 
— like sawdust — around them and 
upon the shoots a great distance off'. 
It is difficult to prevent the attacks of 
such flies, but watch for their effects 
and kill them. 
