es of the petals. Mount the flower on a piece of
wire to form a stem, having first placed five short yellow stamens in
the centre of the corolla; twist all the wires together, and cover the
stem with green wool.

LEAVES.--Cast on one stitch with a pretty bright shade of green split
wool.

_1st row._--Make one stitch, knit one.

_2d row._--Make one, purl two.

_3d row._--Make one, knit three.

_4th row._--Make one, purl the row.

_5th row._--Make one, knit one, make one, knit two.

_6th row._--Make one, purl the row.

_7th row._--Knit the row, increasing one before and one stitch after the
middle stitch.

_8th row._--Purl the row.

Knit and purl alternately four rows without, and begin decreasing one
stitch at the beginning of every row, both knitted and purled, till you
come to the last two stitches, which knit as one. Sew a wire round the
edge of each leaf. These leaves must be made in pairs, two of each size;
but as several different sizes will be required, this will be easily
effected by increasing the second size to nine stitches instead of
seven; the third to eleven stitches; and, if a still larger leaf be
required, the fourth to thirteen stitches. The leaves must be placed two
by two along the stem, opposite to each other, each pair crossing the
preceding one. There must be no spring wire for the stem, as the
periwinkle is a running plant.

COTTAGE FURNITURE.

[Illustration: Fig. 1.]

[Illustration: Fig. 2.]

[Illustration: Fig. 3.]

[Illustration: Fig. 4.]

[Illustration: Fig. 5.]

[Illustration: Fig. 6.]

Fig. 1 is a small cupboard-sideboard for a neatly furnished cottage
parlor, in which there is not much room.

Figs. 2 and 3 are plain Grecian chairs for the parlor.

Figs. 4 and 5 are parlor elbow-chairs, in the Grecian style.

Fig. 6 is an elbow-chair for the work-room. It has a work-box drawer
underneath the seat.

EDITORS' TABLE.

THE high-toned chivalry of American men towards the female sex is
remarkable, and therefore we were astonished, as well as pained, when a
friend brought to our notice the following remarks, inserted in a
literary work[E] of much merit, where we should not have looked for such
a violation of truth and manly sentiment as is manifested in this
outrageous attack on the character of Madame de Stael. We quote the
article:--

"George Sand has written her 'Confessions' in the style of Rousseau, and
a Paris bookseller has contracted to give