. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. MUSHROOM SPORE-PRINTS 143. print of this kind is of course very fragile, and must be handled with care. But a comparatively- slight deposit of the spores, without apparent thickness, will give us the most perfect print, while at the same time yielding the full color. Such a. print may also be fixed by our present method so as to withstand considerable rough handling, all that is required being to lay the print upon a wet towel until the moisture has penetrated through the paper and reac
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. MUSHROOM SPORE-PRINTS 143. print of this kind is of course very fragile, and must be handled with care. But a comparatively- slight deposit of the spores, without apparent thickness, will give us the most perfect print, while at the same time yielding the full color. Such a. print may also be fixed by our present method so as to withstand considerable rough handling, all that is required being to lay the print upon a wet towel until the moisture has penetrated through the paper and reached the gum. The spores are thus set, and, upon drying the paper, are quite se-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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