1 44 S TUD YING NA TURE. 



One longs to preserve them, and for years I used 

 to try various methods of pressing and drying them 

 with but very partial success. Now, however, I 

 have devised a plan by which their fleeting 

 colours are so exactly imitated that my friends 

 constantly mistake the painted leaf for the real 

 one. As it may afford pleasurable occupation for 

 some of my readers, I will briefly describe the 

 process. 



The materials required are but few : a common 

 slate, some fine drawing paper, a cyclostyle I roller, 

 and a bottle of the ink which is sold with it. A small 

 quantity of the ink should be placed on the slate, 

 and the roller passed to and fro until it is slightly 

 and evenly inked. The leaf should then be placed 

 on a flat, hard surface, and the roller passed firmly 

 over it so as to leave a little ink on the under side 

 of the leaf to mark the veins. The leaf should then 

 be reversed, with the ink side downwards, on a 

 piece of drawing paper, and the roller firmly passed 

 over it once or twice. The result will be an exquisite 

 faint imprint of the exact shape of the leaf with all 



1 This kind of roller and the ink can be obtained at any 

 stores. 



