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turned over about one-third of its width along one edge, and, 

 with the doubled edge at the base and the fold inside, sufficient 

 is rolled around the prepared end of a piece of wire to make 

 the carpels. The remainder of the strip is cut off, and that 

 piece upon the wire is moulded with the fingers, and trimmed, 

 until it assumes the shape of the combined carpels, when the 

 divisions may be marked with any angular tool. To reproduce 



Fig.2. 



Fig.3 



the later developments, it is necessary to cut out one of the 

 natural segments, and, with this as a guide, roll a strip of wax 

 (either white or pale pink), turned over as before, but in this 

 instance without a wire, and mould and trim it into the form 

 of the natural segment, and unless each one is modelled with 

 extreme accuracy, it will be impossible to fit them together 

 into a semblance of the living pattern. Having prepared six 

 segments, the next step is to attach them by pressure around 



