(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...
There are various ways of modelling leaves, but I would recommend them to be made of sheet wax as much as possible. Take three sheets of green wax, matching in colour the leaf you...
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...
And one great consideration is that the sight is not likely to be injured. The eye does not require to be fixed; it does not occupy so much attention as to prevent conversation, no...
Warm affection; Forms a pleasing variety, but is not so generally well known, from the fact of its requiring care in cultivation. Those previously described may be seen blowing lux...
Belief: "Has become strangely interwoven with our faith, from a fancied resemblance to a cross and a crown, although it requires a great effort of the imagination to call up either...
(FULGENS;) Good taste: Will afford a pleasing variety to the flowers already described. Its blossoms hang pendant like a tassel; it is both graceful in form, and brilliant in colou...
(DIANTHUS.) Pure Love. "Yon bright carnation--once thy cheek Bent o'er it in the bud; And back it gives thy blushes meek In one rejoicing flood!" This may be made in three varietie...
(ROSE ALBA.) Silence. Cut the petals from thin white wax. Tinge the lower part of the first three sets of petals with my lemon powder. Cup all the petals with the finger, turning t...
(PRIMULA.) Forsaken. "Look on these flowers! as o'er an altar, shedding On Milton's page soft light from coloured urns-- They are the links man's heart to nature wedding, When to h...
(VIOLA ODORATA.) Modesty. "As the dew that moistens the rose at dawn, Gives the VIOLET many a tear, So bright in the morning of life she shone, That her fragrance still lives while...
Fidelity in misfortune. "How oft doth an emblem-bud silently tell What language could never speak half so well." Cut from bright orange four wax petals for each blossom: colour the...
Rich and Rare. This flower is of so rich and lovely a hue, that for its colour alone it deserves imitation. There are but few decidedly blue flowers, and I do not myself know any o...
"There is a splendour in the living flower." Cut the petals from my peculiarly prepared wax; attach a wire half way up each at the back; colour the first sixteen petals with pale l...
(ROSA. CLOTH OF GOLD.) Infidelity. "The rose is fragrant, but it fades in time."--DRYDEN. Cut the petals from light lemon wax, colour them with deep yellow towards the lower end, g...
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...
Warmth. Cut the petals in bright orange wax, place a fine white wire half way up each, and occasion it to adhere by attaching a strip of orange wax over it. Colour them upon both s...
(TULIPA PRAECOX.) Declaration of Love. "Flowers are the brightest things which earth On her broad bosom loves to cherish; Gay they appear as children's mirth, Like fading dreams of...
(NYMPHEA ALBA.) Eloquence. "Where will they stop, those breathing powers, The spirits of the new-born flowers? They wander with the breeze, they wind Where'er the streams a passage...
(ROSA DAMASCENA.) Freshness of Complexion. "The rose, like ruddy youth, in beauty stands, And would be cropped by none but fairest hands." Cut the petals from white wax, and paint...
(FUCHSIA,) Taste: Is cut from white wax. It consists of four purple petals, and four crimson; these are painted with the large brush upon both sides, leaving a short space free fro...
(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...
Dip either into boiling water, and wipe them immediately. The marbles require to be used warm.
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...
Beauty and Love. Is similarly constructed (being one of the same class), but is rather smaller. It requires the addition of a little real moss. It must be the fine spray moss; and...
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...