HANTOM BOUQUETS, so imi- 

 versally admired by all who can 

 appreciate the chaste and beautiful 

 in art, although but recently in- 

 troduced to the notice of the American public, 

 are no new thing. 



The art of preparing the fibrous skeletons of 

 plants was understood and practised by the 

 Chinese many centuries ago, and there are still 

 to be found in our fancy stores reasonably per- 

 fect specimens of these skeletonized leaves, 

 generally painted and decorated with Oriental 



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