ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN INVENTION. 

 From the large number of letters received concerning the prices of bright 

 colored butterflies for art work I feel warranted in predicting that in the near 

 future by far the largest market for lepidoptera will be for display purposes. Many 

 inventors are trying to devise methods of producing butterfly jewelry, butterflies 

 are mounted in a number of fascinating styles, and ingenius and beautiful plaques, 

 trays and artistic frames are being offered for sale and find a ready market. 

 There is such a demand for this kind of work that some one will succeed in 

 producing a device that will bring the beautiful moths and butterflies into almost 

 every home. The Riker mount and the Denton Brothers' mount have un- 

 doubtedly done much to popularize entomology and each year they will create 

 a greater and greater demand for beautiful lepidoptera. With the assistance 

 of my parents I have invented what may be termed a card-method of mounting 

 entomological specimens which I trust will meet with popular favor. I am 

 quite sure that the time is ripe for a safe, inexpensive and artistic method of 

 mounting butterflies, and I believe that I can offer something which will enable 

 each one of my pupils to sell the greater part of the output of his butterfly farm. 

 In the next issue of The Butterfly Farmer I hope to be able to give further 

 details of the invention, and to be in a position to request an inspection of its 

 merits at the hands of my friends. 



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 STRUCTION BY LETTER TO EACH PUPIL THE CORRESPOND- 

 ENCE COURSE WILL BE LIMITED. ONLY A SMALL EDITION 

 OF "THE BUTTERFLY FARMER" IS PUBLISHED, AND, ALL 

 SUBSCRIPTIONS DURING THE YEAR WILL BEGIN WITH VOL. 

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Address all letters: (MISS) XIMENA McGLASHAN, 



Truckee, California. 



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