THIS wonderful average of production 

 was maintained until the death of the elder 

 Blaschka, on July 3, 1895. The two artists 

 worked as one man, especially in the use of 

 the secret parts of their art. Neither took 

 any important step without first consulting 

 the other, and sometimes both worked on 

 one specimen, one making the stem, for 

 instance, and the other the leaves and 

 flowers. Their devotion to their art was 

 untiring, and their rapidity of execution 

 astounding even to those most familiar 

 with glass-making, while to those who were 

 unversed in the process it seemed almost 

 magical. 



Certain of their methods of procedure 

 and processes of manipulation were of 

 course kept secret, even when they per- 

 mitted Professor Goodale to see them at 

 their work, assuring him that he was the 

 only one who had ever been allowed to 

 watch them when they were busy in their 

 studio. They pointed out to him that their 

 glass-making was by no means glass-bio wing. 

 After the glass had been made plastic by 



