FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE 35 



Of the two examples of the packing that 

 are exhibited, one, containing a spray of 

 clematis with its dainty, green-white blos- 

 soms, has been left almost exactly as it 

 was when opened, " To show," as the 

 card beside it reads, "how the glass models 

 are packed by the artists in Germany for 

 transportation to America." All the loose 

 paper has been removed from the other 

 box and placed in a good-sized pile at its 

 head, thus allowing the visitor to see ex- 

 actly how, "for transportation," to quote 

 from the card, " the glass models are packed 

 in thin crushed paper, as shown in this 

 specimen box." Visitors who may not be 

 inclined to express the proper degree of 

 surprise and wonder at the remarkable ex- 

 hibit before them are given a jog by the 

 inscription on the card beside the pile of 

 paper taken out of the box, " All this paper 

 was placed around this model." 



At present the Ware Collection is only 

 provisionally arranged and labelled ; but 

 each plant has been put in its proper posi- 

 tion in the natural system. The models in 

 the hallway show the relations of plants to 

 their surroundings ; the sprays in the main 



then enveloped in coarse sacking. This and other 

 particulars may be found in the comprehensive article 

 on " The Blaschka Flower Models " in the Popular 

 Science Monthly for March, 1897. 



