LEAF PRINTING. 



T will sometimes be desirable to make 

 impressions of the skeletonized leaves, 

 either for preservation as curiosities in 

 the scrap book or photographic album, 

 for transmission by mail as specimens of the art, or 

 for the engraver to reproduce on wood. The making 

 of these impressions, direct from the leaves, though an 

 exceedingly simple process when once understood, re- 

 quires much care and skill to learn. Whoever may 

 undertake to produce them, should call in, if possible, 

 the aid of some friend Avho has a practical knowledge 

 of printing, as the processes by which books and news- 

 papers are produced are all applicable to leaf printing. 



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