Ruutz-Rees, Janet E. (Janet Emily), 1842- · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 48
IIO ME OCCUPATIONS. 42 In every case where it is possible, flowers should be modeled from life, for no pattern that can be given is so reliable as Nature herself ; hut as this can not always be done, the diagrams given in Fig. 15 may be acceptable as the most accurate pattern attainable for the… … quired in white wax — five of those marked 8, five of 9, twenty of No. 7, three each of 5, G, 4, 3, 2, and three, for the outer petals, of No. 10. Three of No. 11 are needed in lemon-colored wax, and three in green, of No. 12, for the calyx. The wax must first be softened by being rubbed in the…
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