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TAXIDERMY AND MODELLING 



For the stamens, double a piece of fabric, turn over one 

 edge, and cut — commencing at the thickened edge — six thread- 

 like strips about half an inch in length. Do not detach these, 

 but cut off in one piece about an inch in length, the lower half 

 being undivided. The anthers, whose colours vary with the 

 development of the natural flower, may be represented by 

 colouring the tips of the stamens with any suitable pigments. 

 Fix the stamens around a very fine white wire prepared in]the 



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usual manner ; then place the larger portion of the corolla 

 with the upper lip curving gracefully over, and nearly hiding, 

 the stamens. Next attach the lower portion of the corolla, and 

 neatly join the sides of the tube by rolling lightly with the 

 median portion of a modelling-pin. 



The calyx is the next part to be considered, and this, 

 having five long fine spreading teeth — the posterior one the 

 longest, — is cut, out of delicate green fabric lined with wax, in 

 the form of diagram No. 5 ; thin the edges by rolling on the 

 finger with the head of a modelling-pin ; fold around the base 



