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FLOWER AND AQUARIUM STAND WITH 
LAMBREQUINS. 
Tliis stand consists of plaited canes, which are 
varnished hlack. The upper part is ornamented with 
embroidered lambrequins. The embroidery is worked 
on red cloth. The application for the fish is cut of 
gray velvet, and edged with gold cord, which is sewed 
on with black saddler’s silk. The remainder of the 
embroidery is worked partly in satin stitch, partly in 
half polka stitch and point Russe, with saddler’s silk 
of various colors. The seam made by setting on the 
lambrequins is covered with red worsted cord. Tassels 
are fastened between the points of the lambrequins. 
gentys, but the recipe was not given; therefore I will 
give it now. 
GENTYS. 
One cup each of molasses, brown sugar, butter or 
lard, and water; one table-spoon of soda, two of 
ginger, a little salt. Mix rather soft, roll not very 
thin, and bake in a very hot oven. 
CREAM PIE. 
Two cups sweet cream, two-thirds of a cup of pul¬ 
verized sugar, the white of one egg beaten to a stiff 
froth; any flavoring you like, and bake with an 
undercrust only. Very nice. 
Schaghticoke. Mrs. A. N. D. S. 
PICTURE FRAMES. 
Take any old frame—or you can have 1 one made of 
common wood for a trifle—wind candle-wick around 
it, fastening with small tacks. Take as much water 
as will cover the frame when it is laid 
down flat; dissolve as much alum as the 
water will take up ; immerse the frame 
until the candle-wick is saturated; remove 
and dry; it will be crystallized beautifully. 
Procure small twigs—the rougher and 
more crooked, the better they will look— 
and raisin stems, crystallize in the usual 
way, and when dry fasten to the frame 
with white glue. Arrange exactly as you 
would a rustic frame, allowing some of 
them to droop from the lower edge of the 
frame like icicles. When complete it will 
look like snow and ice, and will please 
almost any one, even if they can have 
more expensive ones. 
The one I saw framed—a steel en¬ 
graving, representing a skating scene— 
was made by the pretty brunette mis¬ 
tress of a beautifully furnished room, 
the walls of which were hung with 
paper of chocolate color, with narrow 
alternate stripes of crimson and gold. 
The snow-white frame was lovely con 
trusted with the deep, rich hues of the 
paper against which it hung, and lost 
nothing of its beauty when compared with 
the costly frames which were in the same 
room. 
A friend of mine was wishing for 
something to brighten a certain corner in 
her sitting-room, which was rather dull 
looking. The walls were covered with 
drab-colored paper, with a wide scarlet 
border. I had some beautiful shells, 
small and snow-white. I had made a 
pretty bracket, which I _ covered with 
scarlet enamelled paper, upon which 1 
glued the shells, filling the spaces be¬ 
tween with “ black-eyed susans.” The scarlet paper 
tinted the semi-transparent shells with a rosy glow, 
and when the bracket was varnished and hung 
against the drab-colored wall, the effect w&s beautiful. 
The dull corner was brightened as if by magic, 
and when I placed upon the bracket a tiny urn of 
Parian marble, holding a very small bouquet of 
autumn leaves, it was really almost ‘ ‘ too pretty for 
anything.” 
I see by the February number of the Cabinet that 
I would like to have some one try my recipe for 
posts 1 inch square and 2 feet high ; size of glass sides, 
18 x 36 inches ; ends, 18 x 24 inches in centre; top 
glass, 10 x 36 inches, two panes; one side of the top 
on hinges from the centre, so as to open for the purpose 
of watering and airing. I prepared the soil as follows: 
two parts of leaf mold, one part sand, one part garden 
soil, mixed slightly with charcoal dust; for drainage, 
one inch charcoal ill base of box. I planted as follows: 
One Calla Lily, one Begonia Rex, one Pilea, one 
Fern, and three varieties of Lycopodiums, inter¬ 
spersed, and all doing fine. Large numbers of ladies 
have called to see my case during the past two months, 
and all have been much elated with its beauty, and 
spoken in terms of praise. 
I have thirty-six house plants besides, all doing fine, 
and some in full bloom, with several others budding. 
My pot Calla Lily will be out in a few days, and some 
of my Fuchsias and Geraniums also. I have also a 
beautiful variegated foliage plant, called Farfugium 
Grande, of which 1 have never seen a description in 
any catalogue, or your paper either. I think it 
worthy of notice, and cultivation also, notwith¬ 
standing it is a little retired in its habits, 
and loves a shady locality in the room, and 
does not seem to appreciate sunshine, yet 
it is never passed by unnoticed and with¬ 
out compliment by those who may chance 
to enter the room. Mbs. R. B. 
Centreville, Iowa. 
Flower and Aquarium Stand with Lambrequins 
WARDIAN CASES. 
A great deal has been said and a great many ques¬ 
tions asked in relation to Wardian Cases. I will 
describe to your many readers one that I have. The 
table, or stand, is just the height of the window from 
the floor, say 18 inches. The dirt-box is part of the 
table; size, 2 feet 11 inches long, 1 foot 5 inches wide, 
and 6 inches deep, lined with zinc throughout, with drain¬ 
age in the centre. The glass case is made separate, as fol¬ 
lows : Woodwork, 6 inches high, sides and ends; corner 
FANCY SHADES. 
To make one of these pretty ornaments, 
five things are required—perforated card¬ 
board, fine white tarlatan, narrow ribbon, 
leaves and ferns. The first thing, there¬ 
fore, to which we have to attend are the 
leaves and ferns, which should be mostly 
small ones. These have to be pressed, 
and a very good way to do this is to lay 
them between fine blotting paper, and 
then put them either in a press or under 
some heavy weight. Care should be taken 
to remove them once every day, while the 
papers are dried over a lamp. This pro¬ 
cess should be continued until the leaves 
and ferns are perfectly dry, when the 
leaves alone should be varnished. These 
two important parts of the work being 
finished, cut six pieces of cardboard the 
shape of that in the picture, and arrange 
the leaves and the ferns on each piece 
differently. A bouquet is very pretty for 
one piece, while on the next an anchor 
made with ferns would look well, and on 
a third a short verse, such as “God is 
love,” made of very small ferns or the 
leaves of ferns is really beautiful; and so 
on, each piece having a new design. 
When they are fixed to your taste, fasten 
them on by fine white thread, then cover 
the cardboard on both sides by the tarla¬ 
tan, and bind them with ribbon, which is Best to be 
green. 
The only thing which now remains to be accom¬ 
plished is to oversew the pieces together with silk. 
I need scarcely add that the' effect it has, when put 
on a globe, is charming, or that the leaves and ferns 
show off to an advantage, when over the light. In 
fact it is an article well worth the trouble, which every 
person, who makes one, will testily when they see 
their work in all its grace and beauty completed. 
Flora. 
