The stalks are then to be bentbackwards over the heads of lavender, and theribbon, being first doubled or folded over tomake it narrower, must be wound round thefagot spirally, passing it alternately over twostalks and under the next two, until the headsare covered; the end of the ribbon is then… … by simply tying theheads as before, bend-ing the stalks over,placing them regularly round the heads, andtying the ends together, but omitting the spiralribbon. (Fig. 2.) It is usual to make up aquantity of these fagots with variously coloredribbons, and to place them in ornamentalbaskets of glass…
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