A Nail driven in a wall is an ugly object; but the worst and roughest may easily be converted into an ornament. For this there are two ways. Cut out a leaf or sprig with a narrow tapering stem, and wrap this round the nail after it has been driven in. Then bend or curve one end of a leaf over the nail. Fig. 119, a.

Or, more easily and quite as elegantly, cut out three leaves united. Drive the nail through the lower part of the stem, hang the picture, and then bend the central leaf downwards, so as to cover the nail. Fig. 119, b, c, d.

Fig. 118.

Fig. 119.

This may be still further improved by cutting out the three leaves, or as many as you please, and then nailing another leaf before the central one, and bending the former down over the nail.