AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



melted in a double boiler, such as is used for cooking oatmeal in order to 

 avoid burning the wax and to lessen the danger from fire. 



A HEAVY COMPLEX LEAF 



Showing the Wire Supports on the Under Side 



The oil color is thinned with a very little turpentine and thoroughly 

 stirred into the melted wax; this gives the body color of the leaf to be 

 imitated. 



It will be found that pressure aided by capillarity has forced the 

 wax into a thin sheet which has engulfed the cotton and the wire so 



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