. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ve a piece of ivy tolook at while you are working. You will be surprised how much differencethese vines make in the artistic effect of a parlor. To Hake Wliite Crosses.—If the cross frame is not painted white,cover it with thick writing paper; paste the paper on with starch which has beenwell boiled and strained. Use white spool wire (silk wound) for the stems ofyour small fine flowers, and spool wire (cotton wound) for the larger flowers.
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ve a piece of ivy tolook at while you are working. You will be surprised how much differencethese vines make in the artistic effect of a parlor. To Hake Wliite Crosses.—If the cross frame is not painted white,cover it with thick writing paper; paste the paper on with starch which has beenwell boiled and strained. Use white spool wire (silk wound) for the stems ofyour small fine flowers, and spool wire (cotton wound) for the larger flowers. For pansies, pinks, tuberoses and honeysuckles, it is best to have the tinflower cutters. They may be had of any first class art dealer. They vary inprice according to the number of pieces in the flower ; general price, twenty Fruit making.—Some specimens of wax fruit are marvelous fortheir faithful imitation of the real. In making these, molding or casting is ofmore importance than in flower making, seeing that accuracy of form is thechief thing desired. The following very excellent hints are given upon thissubject by a correspondent:. WAX VINE FOR PICTURE CORD. 676 NATURAL FLOWERS AND PLANTS. molds for Fruit.—The greater portion of wax fruits are made by the useof double molds, one for each half, and, if the fruit is irregular in its curva-tures, a tripartite mold may be needed. If an orange is to be imitated in wax, a smooth, damp surface of sand is pre-pared, into which exactly one-half of a good orange is carefully pressed ; a cor-don or border of tin or stiff paper is built up around it at about half an inchdistance from the orange on all sides; plaster of Paris, in a creamlike consist-ency, is poured into the cell thus made so as to fully cover the orange ; whenquite firm enough to handle, this plaster half mold is taken up, and the orangedktricated ; the orange is turned over in the sand and another half mold madein a similar way. Whether fruit is cast
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