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Our homes and their adornment: (1883)

Varney, Almon Clother, 1849- [from old catalog] · Detroit, Mich., J. C. Chilton & co. · leaf 362

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Fig. 77. window is wanting, and drops a hint as to how an ivy maybe concealed behind a mirror, with its graceful loops hang-ing down on each side, and a small portion j ust peeping intothe glass. The cut on page 331 shows how the scroll-saw may beemployed in window gardening. The lambrequin at… … Fig. 78. 332 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. We have seen shrubs employed with excellent results, inmaking a background for the more showy plants; and inone instance a species of maple, eight feet high, in full leafin midwinter, was perhaps the most admired of the wholecollection. Of course the…

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