(1.) To make composition ornaments for picture-frames: Boil 7 lbs. best glue in 3-1/2 pints water, melt 3 lbs. white resin in 3 pints raw linseed-oil"; when the ingredients are well boiled, put them into a large vessel and simmer them for half an hour, stirring the mixture and taking care that it does not boil over. When this is done, pour the mixture into a large quantity of whiting, previously rolled and sifted very fine, mix it to the consistence of dough, and it is ready for use. (2) Dissolve 1 lb. glue in 1 gallon water; in another kettle boil together 2 lbs. resin, 1 gill Venice turpentine, and 1 pint linseed-oil; mix together in one kettle, and continue to boil and stir them together till the water has evaporated from the other ingredients; then add finely-pulverized whiting till the mass is brought to the consistence of soft putty. This composition will be hard when cold; but being warmed, it may be moulded to any shape by carved stamps or prints, and the moulded figures will soon become dry and hard, and will retain their shape and form permanently. Frames of either material are well suited for gilding.