FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE 3! 



vided with plants from Central and South 

 America. 



In reproducing these and other plants in 

 glass the artists worked in their studio at a 

 large table, supplied with the most simple 

 instruments. The products of their skill 

 were displayed twice a year in their exhibi- 

 tion hall. Just before the specimens made 

 in the previous six months were packed for 

 transportation to this country, they were 

 arranged in the hall, invitations were sent 

 far and wide, and a large number of peo- 

 ple were thus given the first view of the 

 exquisite models in the home of their 

 makers. 



A photograph of the house, with the two 

 artists in the foreground, may be seen in 

 the glass case in the gallery of the main 

 exhibition room, placed against the north 

 wall nearest to the windows. The picture 

 shows the dwelling to be a substantial, two 

 and one-half story structure, with a pitch 

 roof and dormer windows, standing with a 

 comfortable, home-like air amidst trees and 

 shrubbery. In the same case are two pho- 

 tographs of Leopold Blaschka, and one of 

 Rudolph Blaschka. Under those of the 

 elder artist is written, " Leopold Blaschka, 

 born May 27, 1822; died July 3, 1895. The 

 founder of the art of modelling speci- 

 mens in glass ; " and under that of the son, 



