THE GARLAND OF ROSES.
You have borrowed three or four coins from the company, changed them for the ones used in your juggling, and passed them to your assistant.
Then you have as many cards drawn out of a prepared pack (see “How to force a Card,” page 43, The Secret Out.)
Your attendant brings in a wreath of flowers, which is suspended from the ceiling by two silken cords.
You lay the coin on a little glass table, and only let one piece slide off at a time.
The coin wand can be used in connection with this stand, and rings and other objects can be substituted for the coin top, set on an iron frame.
On crying out, “I now take these sovereigns and throw them into the centre of that garland!” a chink of coin is heard, and on the instant the money is seen, held by invisible means, in the wreath.
Next you stuff the cards into a pistol, and, on firing at the garland, they appear within it.
Explanation.—This magnificent trick is simply but requires electrical appliances.