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as it is thoroughly and satisfactorily bleached ; it is then to be 

 washed, dried, and put away in a box, excluded from the light, till 

 the collection is ready for mounting. This operation requires much 

 skill and taste ; a common way is to make a kind of pin-cushion, into 

 which the bleached stems or petioles, or covered wires glued to the 

 base of the leaves and seed-vessels, are to be stuck ; the whole may 

 then be covered by a glass shade, which protects "the bouquet" from 

 the dust, and renders it an exceedingly attractive household orna- 

 ment. 



