Smith, Caroline L · Springfield (Mass.) M. Bradley & co. · leaf 127
d by keepingWIRED your different sized shells separate. Having wired several hundred, you can proceed to prepare a leaf.The cut at the head of page 122 shows the leaf whenmade. It takes from five to fifteen or twenty shells to form aleaf; the number depends on the size of the leaf. Thesmallest… … tion of tlie twisted wire, gradually increasing the piece leftout, as the plate indicates, leaving all theopenings of the shell all one way; bindthe stem firmly, leaving no ends of wire,as they catch in everything, besides look-ing untidy. To form a flower or bud, take one of thelengths of the…
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