The dress of the standing figure is of rich yellow brocaded silk, trimmed with three flounces of white lace, carried up to the waist, so as to appear like three over skirts, open in front.  The body is trimmed with a double berthe of Vandyked lace, which is also carried round the sleeves.  The gloves are rather long, and of a delicate cream-color.  The hair is dressed somewhat in the Grecian style so as to form a rouleau round the face—­the front hair being combed back over a narrow roll of brown silk stuffed with wool, which is fastened round the head like a wreath.  A golden bandeau is placed above the rouleau.

The sitting figure shows another mode of arranging the hair.  The back hair is curiously twisted, and mixed with narrow rolls of scarlet and white; and the front hair is dressed in waved bandeaux, or it may be curled in what the French call English ringlets.  Plain smooth bandeaux have almost entirely disappeared; but bandeaux, with the hair waved, or projecting from the face, are common.

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KNITTED FLOWERS.

AMERICAN MARYGOLD.

The prettiest are in shaded orange-colored wool (of four threads), which must be split in two, as the Berlin wool.  Begin with the darkest shade.

Cast on eight stitches, work them in ribs, four in each row, knitting two stitches; and purling two; both sides must be alike.  Continue this till you come to the beginning of the lightest shade; then begin to decrease one stitch at the beginning of every row, till only one stitch remains in the middle; fasten this off, break the wool, and begin the next petal with the darkest shade.  Eight petals will be required for each flower.  Every petal must be edged with wire; and, in order to do this neatly, you must cover a piece of wire with wool—­the middle of the wire with one thread only of brown split wool—­and the sides with a lighter shade, to correspond with the color of the petal; sew this round with the same shades of wool.

To make up the flower, it will be necessary to form a tuft of the same shaded wool, not split.  This is done by cutting five or six bits of wool about an inch long, and placing them across a bit of double wire; twist the wire very tight, and cut the ends of the wool quite even; fasten the eight petals round this, near the top, which can be done either by twisting the wires together or by sewing them round with a rug needle.

CALYX.—­The calyx will require four needles.

Cast on twelve stitches, four on each of three needles.  Knit in plain rounds till you have about half an inch in length; then knit two stitches in one, break the wool some distance from the work, thread it with a rug needle, and pass the wool behind the little scallop, so as to bring to the next two stitches; work these and the remainder of the stitches in the same manner.  Cover a bit of wire with a thread of brown wool, sew it with wool of the same color round the top of the calyx, following carefully the form of the scallops; turn the ends of the wire inside the calyx, and place the flower within it.  Tie the calyx under the scallops with a bit of green silk, gather the stitches of the lower part of the calyx with a rug needle and a bit of wool, and cover the stem with split green wool.