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(JASMINUM OFFICINALE.) Amiableness. The petals are prepared from thick or double white wax. It is put together precisely as the last named flower; but the petals are pointed, inste...
(RESEDA ODORATA.) Unconscious Beauty. It is a singular circumstance that in this country this fragrant production of nature is known by a French name, the translation of which is t...
(ROSA LUTEA.) Mingled Pleasure and Pain. This is a showy single flower, and very easily and quickly accomplished. There are but five petals, cut from bright yellow wax; colour them...
(ANEMONE HORTENSIS.) Sickness. The petals are cut from thick or double white wax. Place a piece of fine white wire half way up each, and secure it to its position by placing a narr...
(CITRUS.) Chastity. This is cut in double white wax. It consists of five petals. The head of the small curling pin is passed up and down over the whole of each; the petals are afte...
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(ROSA CENTIFOLIA.) Beauty. "The rose has one powerful virtue to boast Above all the flowers of the field-- When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are lost, Still how sweet...
I beg to remind my readers that these are the only instruments I deem requisite for modelling wax flowers. Both these require to be moistened before they are applied to the wax. Wa...
Retirement. Is much more simple to form. It consists of only five petals; these are cut in double yellow wax; colour them rather lightly with green upon both sides, from the centre...
(ROSA LUTEA.) Mingled Pleasure and Pain. This is a showy single flower, and very easily and quickly accomplished. There are but five petals, cut from bright yellow wax; colour them...
(ROSA SAFRANO.) Charming. The petals of this rose require to be cut in thick white wax, coloured three parts down with my lemon powder; shade lightly over this, but not quite to th...
Generous heart. The petals of this flower are curled similarly to the former, but they bend back more in the form of a Turk's cap. There is a narrow strip of bright yellow-green wa...
(CROCUS LUTEUS.) Youthfulness. Prepare the petals (from pattern) in double wax, choosing a bright orange, but not too dark. Place the two shining sides of the wax together. The inn...
Have become so generally worn at Her Majesty's balls and drawing-rooms, that I deem it expedient to give some particular instructions respecting them, so as to insure their durabil...
Place the powder required in a saucer: add a few drops of water, and rub the same with a brush for some time; as friction materially improves the brilliancy of tint. The colour sho...
To take the pattern of a natural flower, you must remove the petals carefully, sorting out how many there are of an equal size. Take the shape of one out of each set, in the follow...