Leaf and flower pictures, and how to make them (1859)
New York, Anson D. F. Randolph · leaf 45
30 LEAF AND FLOWER PICTURES J pared beforehand, and ready for use. You will haveto use your fingers to put the gum on the flowersand leaves, as they are brittle and will crumbleeasily. Put a mite of the gum on the back side ofyour leaf, and on one side of the cup or calyx of yourflower; stick it… … more than just hide itself under the upper edgeof the next flower or leaf you are to put on. Nowput on another leaf, just lapping it a little overthe stem of the last one: keep on doing thus, untilyou are half round the circle. Let your last leafat the bottom have a good long stem, and leave iton.…
Plants in art · Floral decorations| · Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms · Pressed flower pictures · Dried flower arrangement
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