45th Row.-Begin and end as last; 4 open over close, 4 close, 15 open, 4 close, 30th Row-Decrease 1, 1 close, 10 open, 1 close, 7 open, 4 close, 2 open, 4 close, 1 open, 5 close, 2 open, 7 close, 22 open, 14 open. close. Decrease 1. 31st Row-1 close (over open), 1 open, 1 close, 18 open, 2 close, I open, 1 close, 1 open, 4 close, 1 open, 5 close, 4 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, 2 open, 1 close, 20 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close. 32nd Row. Decrease one at each end of this and every following row, till further directions. Decrease I, 1 close, 16 open, 2 close, 1 open, 1 I close, +1 open, 2 close, + twice: open, 3 close, 2 open, 1 close, 1 open, 7 close, 1 open, 2 close, 18 open, 1 close. Decrease 1. 33rd Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 16 open, 1 close, 3 open, 2 close, 6 open, 2 close, 2 open, 1 close, + 1 open, 3 close, + twice; 1 open, 1 close, 1 open, 8 close, 14 open, 1 close. Decrease 1. 22012 1 ་ ་ ་ ་ 34th Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 13 open, 2 close, 4 open, 2 close, 2 open, I close, 1 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, open, 1 close, +1 open, 2 close, + twice; 2 open, 1 close, 4 open, 1 elose, 12 open, 1 close. Decrease 1. 35th Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 11 open, 1 close, 5 open, 2 close, 2 open, 5 close, 2 open, 2 close, + 5 open, 1 close, + twice; 15 open, 1 close. Decrease 1. 36th Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 21 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, 3 open, 2 close, 5 open, 1 close, 20 open, 1 close. Decrease 1. 37th Row. Decrease 1, I close, 19 open, 5 close, 2 open, 2 close, 4 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, 18 open, I close. Decrease 1. 88th Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 19 open, 1 close, 1 open, + 1 close, 4 open, + twice; 1 close, 19 open, I close. Decrease 1. 1 39th Row. Decrease 1, 1 close, 19 open, 1 close, 5 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, 19 open, I close. Decrease 1. 40th Row. Decrease 1, 2 close, 16 open, close, 28 open, 2 close. Decrease 1, 46th Row.-Begin and end as last. Open squares over 4 close, and close over all the open. 47th Row.-Begin and end as last. Open squares over all the close. ་་ .) 48th Row-Work over the open squares only in De, beginning and ending with a Sc stitch. BEAD BORDER.-Work on the wrong side. 4 Sc at the beginning and end of every row, and the following pattern repeated 6 times, and as far as the + once more. 1st Row.-5 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 6 cotton, 3 beads, 5 cotton, + 6 cotton, beads, 4 cotton. 2nd Row.-1 cotton, 5 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 4 cotton, 4 beads, 5 cotton, + 5 cotton, 1 bead, 3 cotton, 1 bead, 3 cotton. 3rd Row.-1 cotton, 2 beads, 2 cotton, beads, 3 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 1 bead, 5 cotton,+8 cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, 1 bead, 2 cotton. 4th Row.+ 2 cotton, 3 beads, twice; 2 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 2 heads, 5 cotton, 6 cotton, 3 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton. 5th Row.-4 cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton, 8 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 1 bead, 6 cotton, + 3 cotton, 5 beads, 3 cotton, 1. bead, 1 cotton. 6th Row.-2 cotton, 6 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, 3 beads, 5 cotton, + 8 cotton, 5 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 2 cotton." 7th Row. 2 cotton, 2 beads, 2 cotton, S beads, 1 cotton, 1 bead, I cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, beads, cotton, 3 cotton, 5 beads, I cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton, Sth Row-3 cotton, 3 beads, 4 cotton, 3 beads, I cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 4 cotton,+1 cotton, 12 beads. 9th Row. 4 cotton, 6 beads, 1 cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 5 cotton, + 5 beads, 3 cotton 5 beads. 10th Row.-6 cotton, 5 beads, +1 cotton, 2 beads, twice; 5 cotton, +4 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 2 cotton, 4 beads. 11th Row-10 cotton, 2 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 4 cotton, + 4 beads, 1 cotton, 1 bead, + twice; 1 cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton. 12th Row.-2 beads, 5 cotton, 7 beads, 8 cotton, 1 cotton, 3 beads, + 2 cotton, 1 bead, 3 times. 13th Row.-2 cotton, 7 beads, 5 cotton, 3 beads, 5 cotton, 3 cotton, 2 beads, 3 cotton, 3 beads, 2 cotton. 14th Row.-1 cotton, 1 bead, 2 cotton, 3 beads, 2 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton, 6 beads, + 1 cotton, 11 beads, 1 cotton. 15th Row.-1 bead, 3 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton, 7 beads, 1 cotton, 4 beads, 2 cotton, 1 bead, 6 beads, 1 cotton, 5 beads, 1 cotton. 16th Row 4 cotton, 4 beads, 1 cotton, 3 beads, 10 cotton, +1 cotton, + 5 beads, 1 cotton, twice. 17th Row.-9 cotton, 2 beads, 11 cotton, 2 cotton, 3 beads, 3 cotton, 3 beads, 2 cot ton. Turn the work on the right side; do one row of Dc; then one row thus,+1 Dc, 3 Ch, Miss 3, + repeat to the end, finish ing with a Dc. Knot a fringe of twelve strands (24 ends,) under every chain of the last row. GOOD ACTIONS IN WOMAN. - Let women be deeply and practically persuaded that the favour of God is far above every earthly blessing; that one act of charity or self-denial, iş better worth than the most flattering display of wit and accomplishments, with all the brilliancy of beauty to lend them lustre. So shall the loveliness of women be twice lovely so shall the evening as well as the morn of life, shine with unclouded brightness and He, "before whose face the heavens and earth shall flee away," smile on them in that awful hour, when the charms of the fair, and the wisdom of the wise, shall alike be vain, and holiness alone retain its value.-Bowdler. GARDENER'S COLUMN. WALL FRUIT. On the principle that black absorbs heat without reflecting it, it is ascertained that all walls, against which fruit-trees are trained, should be made as dark coloured as possible, for which purpose the Cambrian black is best calculated. HINTS TO LOVERS OF FLOWERS.A most beautiful and easily-attained show of ever-greens may be had by a very simple plan, which has been found to answer remarkably well on a small scale. If geranium branches taken from luxuriant and healthy trees just before the winter sets in, be cut as for slips and immersed in soap water, they will, after drooping for a few days, shed their leaves, put forth fresh ones, and continue in the finest vigour all the winter. By placing a number of bottles thus filled in a flower-basket, with moss to conceal the bottles, a show of ever-green is easily ensured for the whole season. They require no fresh water. GREEN-HOUSES IN WINTER. Very few persons appear to know the value of the sponge in a green-house. I mean for the purpose of washing the leaves of all those plants with leaves broad enough to admit of it. I took the hint some five years ago from a neighbour, the most successful plant-grower I have ever had the good fortune to know. His plants were always so especially fresh and healthy, that I was for a long time puzzled to understand his secret; and he always declared he had no secret. But early one morning I caught him with a pail of clean water, slightly warm, by his side, sponging off the leaves of all his choice plants. I said to myself, "I have it." I did more; I went home and practised it. My plants soon showed by their new aspect, that I was not wrong in believing it to be the real secret of my neighbour's success. They began to look brighter, healthier, and grow and bloom better than my utmost care had ever been able to make them do before. And now strangers always ask the same question when they see my plants, that I used to ask my neighbour. My answer is, "Use the sponge." The pores of the leaf get filled with fine dust and the plant chokes. Syringing does not wholly remove it; the sponge does.-Horticulturist. POWDERS. THE TOILETTE FRIEND. IV. THESKIN-TREATMENT OF DISEASES. BEFORE entering upon the composition of numerous receipts which we have tried and selected for the benefit of our readers, we propose to give a few hints upon the general treatment of those diseases we mentioned in our last paper, p. 289. It is obvious that some diseases require-Weigh out 2 grains of powder of chalk 77. Common aperient powder for children. 76. Diaphoretic.-Take 3 grains of antimonial powder, and 10 grains of compound powder of gum tragacanth. Mix, and give one every 4 or 6 hours to an adult, and half that quantity to a child. a constitutional, others a local treatment, and some the two combined; therefore, to save much space and also trouble to our readers, we have considered it better to commence with the former, and to classify the various remedies. CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT MIXTURES. 72. Common febrifuge mixture.—Take 2 ounces of the spirit of mindererus; and 4 ounces of water. Give a teaspoonful every 2 hours for a child under a year, double that dose under 6 years, and a tablespoonful for all above that age, This is to be given for common febrile symptoms attending measles (§ 51,) chicken-pox (§ 61,) rose-rash ($ 62,) nettle-rash (8 63,) and shingles (§ 68,) or for any slight fever caused by skin disease. 73. Camphorated febrifuge mixture.-Take 2 ounces of the spirit of mindererus; and 4 ounces of camphor mixture. Dose, the same as § 72, used for the same diseases when the surface is too dry, and the patient restless. 74. Diuretic febrifuge mixture.-Make either of the preceding mixtures (§ 72 or 73,) and add 3 drachms of sweet spirits of nitre. Dose, the same as § 72, and § 73. Use, given in scarlatina (§ 57.) 75. Simple aperient mixture. Take 3 drachms of carbonate of magnesia; 2 drachms of Epsom salts, and 4 ounces of any medicated water, such as peppermint, or cinnamon-water. Mix and shake well when required. Dose for a child 6 years old, a tablespoonful in the morning fasting; for an adult a wineglassful in the morning. This is a simple and useful form of mixture that may always be kept in the house, and used in measles, chicken-pox, rose-rash, nettle-rash (particularly), and shingles. This is used in the commencement of the febrile symptoms attending skin diseases, after the bowels have acted well. 66 and mercury, commonly known as gray powder." One to be given every 4 hours, until the bowels act. This may be given in any form of skin disease we have named. GARGLES. 78. Detergent gargle.-Take 2 drachms roses; and of nitre; 4 drachms of honey of 5 ounces of the infusion of rose-petals. Mix well, and use frequently. 79. Simple gargle.-Take 3 drachms of alum; and 8 ounces of camphor mixture. tincture of myrrh; 1 drachm of powdered and then add the other ingredients. Dissolve the alum in a little warm water, for the sore throat attending scarlatina These are simple and very useful gargles (§ 59.) We once more repeat the caution and advice given at page 289 (§ 59) about calling in medical aid. Whenever it can, it should be procured, however simple the disease. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. Under this head we have given a variety of valuable receipts for the preparation of many useful remedies for such diseases of the skin as we have enumerated in our preceding papers. These may be pre. pared at home by any person. Some of the following receipts have never been published before, others are extracted from foreign works, and the remainder are either from private formulæ, or British works. The whole have been tested prior to publication. Certain external applications for beautifying the person have been termed cosmetics, the word being of Greek origin, and derived from Kosmeo (kooμew) I adorn. It will be seen that cosmetics necessarily include other applications than those used for the skin; thus, we have hair cosmetics, teeth cosmetics, &c. Skin or cutaneous comprise tincture of benzoin, of each 2 ounces; washes or lotions, on omades, and esprit de rose, an ounce. powders, pastes, paints, or stains, and soaps. The most useful and general cosmetic is soap; but we shall reserve our receipts for making various kinds of toilette soaps until we treat of the cure of the hand. On account of its detergent or cleaning property, soap, when used with water and applied to the surface of our bodies, tends to keep us in health. WASHES AND LOTIONS. 80. Milk of roses. 1.-Take 2 ounces of blanched almonds; 12 ounces of rose water; white soft soap, or Windsor soap; white wax and oil of almonds, of each 2 drachms; rectified spirit 3 ounces; oil of bergamot 1 drachm; oil of lavender 15 drops; otto of roses 8 drops. Beat the almonds well, and then add the rose water gradually so as to form an emulsion, mix the soap, white wax and oil together, by placing them in a covered jar upon the edge of the fire-place, then rub this mixture in a mortar with the emulsion. Strain the whole through very fine muslin, and add the essential oils, previously mixed with the spirit. This is an excellent wash for "sunburns" (89) freckles (§ 30) or for cooling the face and neck, or any part of the skin to which it is applied. 81. Milk of roses. 2.-This is not quite so expensive a receipt as the last; and at the same time is not so good. Take 1 ounce of Jordan almonds; 5 ounces of distilled rose-water; 1 ounce of spirit of wine; half a drachm of Venetian soap, and 2 drops of otto of roses. Beat the almonds (previously blanched and well dried with à cloth) in a mortar, until they become a complete paste, then beat the soap and mix with the almonds, and afterwards add the rose-water and spirit. Strain through a very fine muslin or linen, and add the otto of roses. The common milk of roses sold in the shops, frequently contains salt of tartar; or pearlash, combined with olive oil and rose water, and therefore it is better to make it yourself to ensure it being good. bode et ly 9 82. French milk of roses.-Mix 2 pints of rose-water, with a pint of rosemary water, then add tincture of storax, and a useful wash for freckles." This is · 83. German milk of roses.-Take 8 of rose- This is a dangerous form to leave about where there are children, and should never be applied when there are any abrasions, or chaps on the surface. 1 + b 1 84. Milk of almonds.-Blanch 4 ounces of Jordan almonds, dry them with a towel, and then pound them in a mortar: add 2 drachms of white or curd soap, and rub it up with the almonds for about ter minutes or rather more, gradually adding one quart of rose-water, until the whole is well mixed, then strain through a fine piece of muslin, and bottle for use. This is an excellent remedy for freckles and sunburns, and may be used as a general cosmetic," being applied to the skin after washing by means of the corner of a soft towel: -mi voies or 85. Anti-freckle lotion. 1.Take tincture of benzoin, 2 ounces; tincture of tolu, 1 ounce; oil of rosemary, a drachm. Mix well, and bottle. When required to be used add a teaspoonful of the mixture to about a wine-glassful of water, and apply the lotion to the face or hands, &c., night and morning, carefully rubbing it in with a soft towel. ben 86. Anti-freckle lotion. 2.-Take 1 ounce of rectified spirit of wine; 1 drachm of hydrochloric acid (spirit of salt); and 7 ounces of water. Mix the acid gradually with the water, and then add the spirit of wine; apply by means of a camel's-hair brush, or a piece of flannel. 87. Gowland's lotion. Take 1 grains of bichloride of mercury, and 1 ounce of emulsion of bitter almonds: mix well. Be careful of the bichloride of mercury, because it is a poison This is one of the best cosmetics we possess for imparting a delicate appearance and softness to the skin, and is a useful lotion in acne (§ 69), ringworm (§ 71), hard and dry skin (§ 26), and sun-blisterings (§80), sido 88. Horseradish cosmetic.-Take ounce of scraped horseradish, and infuse for 4 hours, in 1 pint of cold milk. Strain through muslin, and bottle. This is a safe and excellent cosmetic, and is extremely useful in acne (§ 69), and in cases where the skin requires a gentle stimulant. 89. Camphorated ammoniacal wash-Take an ounce of the liquid subcarbonate of ammonia; and 1 ounces of camphorated spirit, mix and apply to the parts by means of rags moistened with the lotion. This is a useful application for contusions unattended with abrasion of the surface, 90. Discutient lotion. Take 1 ounce of sal-ammoniac, and dissolve it in 4 ounces, of vinegar, and 4 ounces of spirit of wine. This is used for contusions attended with much discoloration of the skin, and is applied by wetting pieces of rag folded four or six times, tying them over the part and changing them as often as they become dry. 10 stod basquiem to 91. Giauriul.Take: 2 drachms of tincture of benzoin, and 10 ounces of rosewater. Mix and shake wellemzos This is much used as a cosmetic on the continent, to remove sun-burnsw 92. Hydriodate of potassium lotion. Dissolve 4 drachms of hydriodate of potas sium in 6 ounces of water. Apply this to the affected parts twice a day This is an excellent anti-psoric lotion, (§ 45,) the best yet discovered, as it will cure the disease in a few hours, especially after the tops of the vesicles have been rubbed off with sand and soap. It is how ever apt to induce pustules in some persons, and great irritability of the system, and on this account cannot be so highly recommended as perfumed olive oil, which effectually cures itch in a few days by clos ing up the apertures of the breathing appa ratus of the insects, (§ 45). Almond, nut, or any kind of oil, or even lard, will have the same effect. The use of the perfume is only to disguise the remedy. 6 93. Créme de l'Enclos. Take 4 ounces of milk, 1 ounce of lemon juice, and 2 drachms of spirit of wine. Simmer over a slow fire, and then bring it to the boil, skim off the scum, and when cold apply it to the skin. no 15 It is much used on the continent by some persons to remove freckles and sun burnings. T-51190reas decoratoli .82 (To be continued:9 boq619e to How to produce the required tints. It is better to stiple up the tints by going over them frequently, than to endeavour to produce them at once. You will not be able to produce rich tints, unless you employ a finely pointed crayon; but as each subject requires a somewhat different treatment we will consider them seriatim. Fine delicate tints are produced by holding the crayon lightly in the hand, so that its own weight alone produces the required tint, and not the pressure usually exercised, as in this case the crayon should be held nearly horizontal and only guided by the hand, but not pressed upon the stone. Portraits should be drawn with two crayons, a fine pointed one, used as directed above for the face and flesh, and a blunt one for the accessories, such as drapery, the hair, and furniture. By this means we are enabled to produce an admirable effect, which could not be obtained by employing only one kind of crayon. When drawing skies, or any other subjects where delicate tints are required, take care not to make one end of your strokes thicker than the other, but endeavour rather to have the centre of the strokes thicker than the ends, so that they may blend properly when crossed, and not leave a harsh uneven tint upon the stone. The best way to work up a smooth and delicate tint, is to go over the whole of the space with faint horizontal lines, and afterwards to go over the same space with other lines, drawn nearly at right angles to the first, but yet faint and distinct. The lines must be drawn close to one another, so as barely to touch. When the tints do not look deep enough, go over the whole with the crayon, moving it lightly in a zigzag direction, or else in such parts as require deepening in tone, and stiple sup any defects that remain. The lights of the clouds should be left uncovered, or they may be produced by the mezzotinto-scraper. diw 19 To use the mezzotinto-scraper (b. p. 222). |