MODELLING THE HONEYSUCKLE 



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and tooled as for the open flower, and around these place the 

 calyx, modelling the whole carefully with the stem of a pin 

 until of the natural form. 



The putting-together of the flowers and buds is perfectly 

 easy if a natural cluster be taken as a guide, and no in- 

 structions are deemed necessary. 



The leaves are made by means of plaster moulds as 

 usual ; the stipules, which do not require moulds, are made 

 — like the leaves — from wax combined with art fabric, and 

 the thorns may be made of brownish art fabric cut into wedge- 

 shaped strips, and rolled up and modelled into shape with the 

 fingers. 



Common Honeysuckle or Woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum, 



Linn. 



This climber, very valuable and handsome when sur- 

 rounding or enclosing a nest of some hedge- or arbour-building 

 bird, is, though rather difficult, yet so interesting as to repay 

 the time spent upon its reproduction. 



Miss Squires, under Mrs. Mogridge's instruction, describes 

 the method thus : — 



The corolla, which consists of an elongated tube and two 

 lips — the upper one four-lobed and the lower 

 one entire, — can be cut in one piece, some- 

 what in the form shown here, out of white 

 or cream-coloured art fabric faced with white 

 or cream-coloured sheet wax. Lay upon the 

 palm of the hand, wax surface downwards, and 

 roll with the head of a modelling-pin in the 

 directions shown by the dotted lines, until 

 each lobe, viewed from the front {i.e. the under 

 side), presents a rounded or fluted appearance, this result being 

 further assisted by pressing the pin lengthwise between the lobes 



