ISBN: 1236372123

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781236372123], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...task of making more petals, is because, if the first leaves are yet wet when the next are applied, they will all come off is patches before the flower is finished, and spoil it. The calyx must be added as soon as the rose is dry. The easiest and best way is to buy rose calyxes by the dozen. If, however, the amateur wishes to make them herself, she must purchase a sheet of bright pale-green paper, not tissue, and cut out the calyx like Fig. 11, keeping the spikes as sharp and natural as possible. It must then be covered thickly with cement and left to dry. Afterwards it must be united by fastening the side A B to C u by the little bit seen projecting from A to B. Let this dry. Then thoroughly cement the inside, put in a very little wool, enough to fill the cup of the calyx, and slip it up the wire with the part from A to c meeting the swell of the petals to which the cement is attached. If the petals drop too much, the spires of the calyx may be fastened to them with a touch of cement to support them. Cut a long strip of green tissue-paper, half an inch wide, and very even. Gum it slightly from A to B, and attach this to the calyx. Hold the wire stem in one hand, and by passing it nimbly through the fingers of the other hand roll the paper tightly and smoothly all down the stalk. Leave the flower upside down, to dry completely. It is best to place it in a box till the next day. Then with the points of the goffers set and turn the rose petals and curl them anyway you like, to imitate nature as closelyas possible. If the flower is for a basket, use it as it is. For a vase, it had better be made into a sprig, by adding a bud with a leaf to it, tying the stems of these to the rose stem with the green silk, or fine wire, and covering it again with paper. Then low..., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 8975347011, Education & Teaching, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 21, Reference & Test Preparation, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 1236372123

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