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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
absolutely necessary that the peanut 
should have the stem, as very good pea- 
nut owls can be made without it. Each 
peanut is cut away one-third with a very 
sharp knife or razor, and the kernel is 
taken out. The eyes can be cut out of 
stiff white paper with a punch. All 
harness makers use a punch just about 
the size required. Or they can be drawn 
in with a pen and the whites painted with 
better than the smooth barked bn-ches. 
For the foliage, any of our native mosses 
and lichens cau be used, and alsoihe im- 
ported French and German mosses. When 
attacliiiig the tree to tlie card, don't at- 
tempt to glue it, but sew it on, or wire it on 
with line thread or wire, and fasten at the 
back of the card. After th e 1 ree is secured 
in position on the card tlie moss foliage is 
then glued or gummed on (thick and 
a brush. The card used for mounting is a 
stiff white, gilt edged, plain card, 4^ inches 
by 3 inches. Much taste can be displayed 
when selecting the branch work that is to 
represent the tree on which the owls are 
to be placed. Always select small, not 
large clumsy branches. A branch of the 
liquid amber gum tree (called also the 
" alligator wood," " corktree," etc.), with 
its characteristic structure will look much 
transparent gum arable is better than 
glue as it does not show where an excess 
has been used). After the gum has thor- 
oughly dried the owls are glued in posi- 
tion. As to the title, motto, or sentiment, 
each one can suit herself. As novelties 
in this line appear in the New York 
market they will be illustrated in the 
Young Scientist, and directions given for 
making them. 
