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is best suited to the different combinations of 

 color in order to reproduce them in as nearly 

 the correct values as possible, one steadily im- 

 proves and the number of failures that he makes 

 as steadily diminishes. 

 The work should be 

 done within two feet of 

 a window (one facing 

 north is the best, as the 

 light from that quarter 

 is apt to be much more 

 steady than from any 

 other), and it is a good 

 idea to cover the window 

 with a tightly stretched 

 piece of thin cheese- 

 cloth in order to soften 

 the light. The flowers 

 should be placed on a 

 stand well at one side 

 of the window, so that 

 the light will fall upon 



them as full as possible, but not so far at the side 

 as to cause any of them to be in the shadow. 

 The background should be put at least a foot 

 back of the flowers, so that their shadow will not 

 fall upon it. There should be at least three back- 

 grounds, one white, one black, and one of a 

 neutral tint, and the operator must learn which 



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