MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES, ETC. II5 



into an earthen jar to cool and harden. Stir it frequently while 

 c )oliiig to prevent the arsenic settling to the bottom. When cold 

 it should be like lard or butter. For use, mix a small quantity 

 with water until it resembles buttermilk, and apply with a com- 

 mon paint brush. 



Annealed Iron Wire. 



Take common iron wire, make it red-hot, and suffer it to cool 

 gradually ; this renders it soft and pliable, so that it may be easily 

 bent in any direction. 



To Make Artificial Branches. 



Take a piece of annealed wire of a suitable thickness, fasten it 

 to a stand and wind fine tow round it, at the same time applying 

 common glue to hold it fast. After it is made the desired shape, 

 glue the entire surface of the branch and cover it with lichen. 

 The lichen should first be made brown and crisp by baking it in 

 an oven and then pulverized. This makes the most natural look- 

 ing artificial branch I know of. 



To Make Artificial Rocks. 



The most natural artificial rocks can be made by placing sticks 

 in an irregular manner on a pine board of any desired dimensions ; 

 cover the sticks with cloth, apply common glue to the surface and 

 cover it with smalts of different colors. Pieces of moss and lichen 

 can be put on here and there to produce a natural effect. It will 

 depend entirely upon the taste of the artist to make a natural 

 looking rock by combining the different colors of smalts sand. 



