The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-13

or sllrivcl. n camcl's hair pencil dipped in
| melted wax or panilinc should finish them.
Arrange the trees in dish of sand, lay
green moss upon the surface, and You have
| Il pretty parlor ornament.
The leaves Of the maple and oak, and of
few woody $hrouhs such as the berry
| ing plants, best repay the pains taken for
preservation. OF the naples ucCi ,'Hji'un,
Qhc red naplc), whose foliage turns deep
crimson in autumn, and Il. Succhuriuu,ie
Uhc sugar maplr), exhibiting all shades of
| red and yclow--somctimcs in the same leaf
from maroon and orange to delicate
cherry and rosc-cclor or pale cream will
be sufficient.
| Select from the oaks Quclrus c0ccinca
thc scarlet oak), with its growing rcd
leaves, and q. discoior Uhc swamp white
oak), with rich brown deeply scalopcd
leaves. These give elegance of form and
beauty of color. When pressed and dried
they arc very effective us decorations.
The leaves of the sumacs, in their a,l-
tumn tints of clarcl and crimson and gold,
are fine material for wall bouquets. Re
scmbling ferns in their pinnacd form, they
group well with them, and add brlliuncc to
their delicate hucs. The most desirable are
huS cu7oaUina II. tH1,hino, and IT, gta-
IRA. These hang out their gorgeous Ori-
llammcs in rocky pastures and by barren
hillsidos just as summer visitors are hasten
ing homcward; and nll the wintcr-aftcr
they have been nicely prcssctl-likc the
banners from old baroniul halls, they will
lend glory and grandeur to many an hum
bic home.
The bOughs of some old trees are SO
crooked and curved ns to resemble the ant
lcrs OF deer and when covered with
lichcns and dropping mOSs are fine Orna-
mcnls for an entrance hall or library. These
are usually ancient hcmlocks or jumpers
and are found in damp localities Many
pretty things may be made of these mossv
boughs, such us vases and stands for dried
grasses or pressed ferns and s,macs; also
hanging baskets FOR holding pots OF living
plants or dried leaves and flowers, and
cascls for supporting sketches of rural seen
cry. a little ingenuity in cutting and
trimming the branches and in whirling them
into the desired shape, will make of the
most refractory bonghs very beautiful OBJ
jccts. Use fine anncalcd wire to keep all
firm and steady.
The lichcns that cover the fallen limbs of
trees, old dilapitlatcd fences, and the bowl
dcrs scattered here and there through the
woods have beauty peculiarly their own.
and gray rulilcs are glued adorn room and
serve many useful purposes-;,rc especially
desirable to hold pot of growing vines that
will drop gracefully over and about them.
Coitcn0 tacer1tt0, resembling roscttcs of
pearl gray lace, or Il full blown rose carved
in stone, may be found in moist woods.
This handsome species is very desirable for
covering old picture frames lending quaint
attraction to the dingy and discolorcd sur
face, which they should nearly hide. Vases
OF boX-board or of wood, covered with these
lichcns, arc handsome rcccptaclcs for
branches of autumn leaves or ferns.
a wooden cross having these lchens so
closely glued upon it rs to hide its material
looks as if chisclcd in some arabcsquc pat
tern from solid granite. Such cross
should rise from IL base covered with the
more common flat species that abound Oh
rocks III pastures and by the way side