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AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLETS 



THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE WIRE SKELETON TO A WAX LEAF 



Before removing the leaf from the mold, the marginal outline is indi- 

 cated and welded either with the finger nail or some pointed instrument. 

 The serration of the margins of the leaves calls for deftness and 



„, . considerable practice. Slightly heat small sharp scissors: 



The Leaf , , . . , " 



Margin tben > ^ginning the cutting at the lower right side of the 



leaf, let forward, sliding strokes of the scissors alternate 



TRIMMING THE MARGIN AFTER THE WAXED GAUZE HAS BEEN FIRMLY WELDED 



The position in the same ;is in the process of serrating the leaf edge 



