THE REPRESENTATION OF WATER 419 



At present, the best thing to fix the frost and snow on 

 twigs, etc., appears to be clean flour paste. 



The Americans have apparently been successful in using 

 paraffin poured hot over glass or wood to represent ice, and 

 have used powdered starch and white blotting-paper pulped and 

 dried, together with plaster of Paris, to represent snow. 



The most successful imitation of water is made by tinting, 

 streaking, and varnishing " hammered " glass until the desired 

 hue is obtained. To represent birds as though swimming, the 

 best method is to cut the glass for the reception of the body ; 

 but this being an extremely difficult operation, frequently re- 

 sulting in the breaking of the glass, the birds may be cut through, 

 and their upper and lower halves attached to the upper and 

 under surfaces of the glass either by glue or by shellac 

 (Formula 78). Herons or similar long-legged birds may be 

 represented as standing mid -leg in water by drilling holes 

 in the glass, and this may also be done for aquatic plants 

 to pass through. In the instance of the bird, however, the 

 leg must be severed just above the foot, and this part replaced 

 upon the wire after the leg has been passed through the orifice, 

 the glass being supported meanwhile in any manner most 

 convenient. 



