Another way of making this flower is by knitting the petals in brioche stitch; but if done thus, nine stitches must be cast on the needle at first, instead of eight, and the flower finished exactly as directed.

BUDS.—­The buds are made just in the same manner as the tuft which forms the heart of the flower, only that they must be formed of lighter shades of wool, mixed with a little pale-green wool.  The wool must be tightly fixed on the wire by twisting, and then cut very smooth and even.  It must be inserted in a small calyx, made as before.

LEAVES.—­Each leaf, or small branch, is composed of seven leaflets, of the same size—­one at the top, and three on each side; they must be placed in pairs, at a distance of about an inch between each pair.

First leaflet.—­Cast on one stitch in a bright, but rather deep shade of yellowish-green wool.  Knit and purl alternate rows, increasing one stitch at the beginning of every row till you have seven stitches on the needle; then knit and purl six rows without increase; decrease one stitch at the beginning of the two following rows, and cast off the five remaining stitches.  Repeat the same for the six other leaflets.  Each leaf must have a fine wire sewn round it, and the stems covered with wool.

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CHENILLE WORK

[Illustration:  No. 1.—­The pattern, full size.]

No. 1.—­A new style of Head-Dress.  Worked in the second size crimson chenille, with No. 4 gold thread.

Take a card-board of three inches deep and fifteen inches long, and fasten to the edge of it eleven strands of chenille and gold thread placed together; leave a space of one inch between each strand; the length of the gold and chenille thread must be twenty-four inches.  Take the first two threads from the left-hand side, pass the two next under them; tie them in a knot, the two outer over the two centre threads (chenille or gold thread, as may be), and then pass them through the loop formed on the left, and so on till the last row.  The shape is an uneven triangle, nine inches from the top corner to the centre, and seven inches from the middle of the front to the centre.  When finished, cut off the board, and sew round two sides of the work a fringe of gold thread, which is to fall over the neck.

[Illustration:  No. 2.—­A portion, full size, with fringe.]

No. 2.—­Another style of Head-Dress.  With white and pink second size chenille.

This is made nearly in the same manner as No. 1, with chenille, one yard long; but, after having made the first knot, pass a pearl bead on each side, and then make the second knot—­the measurement of the meshes to be three-quarters of an inch.  When the work is finished, the whole will be twelve inches square.  Pass round it an India-rubber cord, which will form the fastening.  The ends left from the work to be separately knotted together with silver thread, to hang down, forming a very large and rich tassel.