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142 OPEN COUNCIL.
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To the Editors of ilie English W r oma?i...
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To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
effort A reference ban individual to tlie Circul interested ars will show in the th cause at the to X . increase Y . Z . fund the is number merely an of y
few end annuities , every in governess the Governesses being ' asked Benevolent to make Institu a srnall tion _, whic sacrific h are e for sti so ll painfull great an y .
¦ I . agree with A . E . in thinking every means should be taken to circulate the papers , and for this purpose I would suggest that all ladies interested in
the tion X in . the Y . Z hands . fund of should such obtain stationers these and circulars booksellers , and p as lace would them kindl for distribu under - - take the office . y
As all governesses require books , papers , & c , for themselves and their pup produce ils , the good pa fruits pers . might thus be very extensively circulated , and in time
in I also 5 s . agree subscr with ition A . E . in thinking overnesses it very important like other to interest ladies emp loyers not apt to be provident p . , yg g I remain , Madam young faitlrfullv ,
, , yours , X . Y . Z .
Londo P . S . — n , Ladies W . can obtain Circulars on application to 32 , Sackville Street ,
142 Open Council.
142 OPEN _COUNCIL .
To The Editors Of Ilie English W R Oma?I...
To the Editors of _ilie English W oma ? _i s Journal .
Ladies , Mr An . F . interesting Steinitzfrom letter which appeared I make latel the y in following the Gardener extracts 's Chronicle thinking , them from
not unworthy of , your notice . , T . " D The . Rock January concerning numb everlasting er _; of the Technolog flowersfrom ist con wh t i c i h th e follo article win by is Mr an .
extract : — , g mo "' It is ffi surprising c in the artific that amidst ial , so this little universal attention taste has for been flowers hitherto , and the t enor owed
a dapted pon those for purposes lowers common of decoration ly known . as " everlasting , " and which are so well Continent " ' A quiet as well trade as in in these this country imperishable wreath flowers s are made alread of y exists he sm . all On yellow the
variety ( Gnaphalium arenariwm ) and , are sold in large quantities for adorning t the he graves column and of _Napoleon monuments , in the of Place the departed v end 6 me . , The at Paris railings , are l which iterally surround covered
bouquets with these of wreath everlasting s , producing flowers a and singular wreath effect s are . sold In in Germany the bazaars , baske for ts deco and - posies rative purposes & chave ; been and within imported the into last few this weeks country , a quantity readi of l these realized elegan from t
, , , y both \ i . to in 7 s form . _Qd . each and , color according , anything to size ever and produced quality , of whilst an artificial they certainl kind y . surpass Mixed , with the everlasting flowers in these German nosegays appear several of the
sprinkling beautiful grasses of flowers recentl not natur y in all hi y g everlasting h favor with , but horticulturists which our ingenious , as well friends as a profess to have preserved by a peculiar process .
farthing " ' Wreaths and strung of a yellow together variety transversel of everlasting y , are worn flowers by , the about natives the size of of the a varieties Sandwich " It onl of Islands y everlasting remains as a for kind flowers us of to head in suggest this ornament country the . extensive for the cultivation formation of of winter all the
another decorations branch and of the emp artisti loyment c group to ing our of large them surp with , lus grasses of female , & c population , would furnish , who ht to be encouraged and educated in the manufacture of little
oug many elegancies , for which we are now entirely dependent upon the foreigner . '"
G . A . J .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/70/
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