MODELLING THE LESSER CELANDINE 319 



what convex or conical form, taking care not to press the cut 

 edge together. 



The Stamens are made by inserting a strip of yellow or 

 white wax, about one-sixteenth of an inch in width, between a 

 folded piece of thin yellow fabric, and snipping the folded edge 

 — within which rests the strip of wax, — not quite so finely as 

 for the carpel, to the depth of about three-sixteenths of an inch. 

 When necessary, colour the stamens with that yellow powder- 

 colour which most nearly resembles nature, the especial reason 

 for colouring them at this stage being to prevent them from 

 sticking together during subsequent manipulation ; for an inverse 

 reason, the extreme bases must not be coloured, or they will 

 not adhere to the carpel when required. Now let the tips rest 

 upon the forefinger of the left hand, and roll them with the 

 steel stem of a modelling-pin (Fig. N, Plate II.), flattening them 

 out to form the anthers, afterwards working a channel in the 

 centre of each of these with the head of a blanket-pin (Fig. O, 

 Plate II.), which not only gives it character, but separates each 

 from its fellows ; on the other side work each with the pin 

 to give it a slight curvature. Taking the strip with the stamens 

 thus prepared, roll it aropnd, pressing its base upon the base of 

 the carpel, until the strip meets, and then cut off the remaining 

 portion. Take the pin, and, with the point, separate the stamens, 

 turning each alternate one in toward the centre regularly, and, 

 with the finger and thumb of the disengaged hand, slightly 

 round the extreme tips. Resuming the strip of fringed fabric 

 representing the stamens, wind it around with the tips just 

 below those of the first row until it again meets ; cut off, and 

 in this instance separate the stamens and draw each alternate 

 one outwards ; repeat the process of tooling and pressing until 

 the double row of stamens looks easy and natural. 



The Petals, which are made of white wax lined with yellow 

 fabric, must be cut separately from a combined strip, of a 



