[Illustration: Fig.110 - Rose-haw apples for your doll's table.]
[Illustration: Fig.112 - The bronze-green Rose-haw.]
[Illustration: Fig.111: - This necklace is made of Rose-haws and Plantain Lily seed pods.]
The rose-haws look very much like little apples. Rosy-cheeked Baldwins, yellow harvest-apples, and greenings, and they will make a fine fruit-piece for the centre of your doll's table. Pile them up on one of the toy dishes and put the smallest of green rose-leaves around the edge (Fig. 110).
But the rose-haws can be used for something besides toy apples; you can pretend they are jewels and string them for a real necklace.
One necklace can be entirely of the haws and another like Fig. 111, which is made of bronze-green haws (Fig. 112), and the long, green seed-pods of the plantain (Fig. 113). The blossoms of the plantain are pale purple or lavender, and hang from the stalk as the seed-pods do. They are bell-shaped and about an inch long. The leaf is like a lily-leaf.
[Illustration: Fig.113 - The long, green seed pods of the Plantain Lily.]
[Illustration: Fig.114 - The seed pod earring.]
As you see, the haws and seed-pods are strung alternately; first a haw, then a seed-pod, again a haw and so on. Thread your needle with strong thread and be sure the thread is long enough for the necklace. Measure it around your neck, letting it droop as much as you wish; then allow several inches at each end for tying. If you cannot find the large, brownish-green haws use yellow or red ones, but the green haws, when strung with the green seed-pods, are more beautiful.
[Illustration: Fig.115 - This necklace is made of Barberries and Plantain Lily Stalk.]
[Illustration: Fig.116 - A branch of the Barberry Bush.]
To match the necklace, make long, green earrings of the plantain seed-pods. Fig. 114 shows a seed-pod earring. You see it is strung on a thread and the ends of the thread are then tied to form a loop. The loop must be just large enough to fit comfortably over your ear, and when you wear the earring, the green jewel will hang down and dangle delightfully. The upper end of the seed-pod should almost touch your ear.
[Illustration: Fig.117 - Make the earring in this way.]
Necklace of Barberries and Plantain-Stalk