The American domestic cyclopædia, a volume of universal ready reference for American women in American homes (1890)
Lupton, F. M. (Frank M.), 1854-1910 · New York · leaf 363
pulpy part of one of the leaves allowsitself to be readily removed. When this is the case, the leaves are carefullyremoved, one by one, floated on a sheet of glass, and the pulp is removedby gently tapping or beating with a painters stiff brush, or the like, takingcare not to apply a rubbing… … TOILET BOTTLE CASE.—^FIGr, properly performed, nothing of the leaf remams behind but the network ot fibres, or the skeleton.The next step is tobleach the skeletonleaves, -which is easilydone by placing themin a shallcTw dish ofwater, to which a smallquantity of chloride oflime has been a;dded(say…
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