SHEPARD $ GILL'S PUBLICATIONS. 



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AND PHANTOM FLOWERS. 



u It is printed on elegant paper, with carefully executed engravings, and 

 typographical execution of great beauty. This treatise gives full and care- 

 ful instruction in the art of skeletonizing leaves, commencing with the 

 proper selection of varieties, and following up with the various processes 

 of preparation to the phantom bouquet. There is an endless source of 

 amusement and instruction provided here, which must be fascinating to all 

 who pursue it. This book, and its companion, Wax Flowers, issued in the 

 same style by the same publishers, give a fund of information, which, if 

 followed, will largely increase botanical knowledge. We commend it to 

 our readers." — Horticulturist. 



Also teaches how to preserve natural flowers in all their fresh beauty. 



Price .... $2.00 



AX FLOWERS, AND HOW 

 TO MAKE THEM. 



With new rules for Sheeting Wax, Moulding Fruit, 

 &c. Elegantly illustrated and bound. 



Most persons who teach this art know but very little about it, with the 

 modern improvements, &c. With this book, any person of taste may 

 learn how to make flowers, fruit, and all articles in wax; also how to 

 make sheet wax and wax materials. 



The best and most popular teachers have had no other instruction. 

 Much valuable information is here that teachers not owning the book do 

 not possess. 



A lady in this city has, during the past year, realized sixteen hundred 

 dollars from the sale of wax flowers. This fascinating art is becoming 

 nearly as popular here as in Europe, where ladies of all classes practise it, 

 in common with painting, drawing, embroidery, &c. 



Price .... $2.00 



