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Thefe Plates muft be too thick to bend, very fmooth 
on one fide , and Holes for Screws in each corner, to 
(crew them clofe. 
For your Flowers, Leaves, (^c. take them when per- 
fe<aiy Ripe, and in their true Colours fpread them 
on a brown Paper , with the Leaves as diftindt as you 
can,- and if the Flowers be large, there mud more 
Paper lye under it ; and if it be chick, you may pare 
away the one half thereof , as alio of the Stalk, fo as 
to make it lyealmoft flat, and fome diftind: Leaves may 
be feparated and taken out, as a by Store , to be after- 
wards ftuck in, and compleat the Flower. Then lay 
over all more brown Paper , and put thefe between the 
Iron-Plates fere wed dofe, and put the fame into an 
Oven for two Hours, juft as the Bread is drawn. Af- 
ter which take out the Flowers ; then take Aqua For* 
tis^ and Jfua Fiu ^ or Brandy, in equal quantity , , 
mixed together, and with a Brufli pals oFer the Leaves 
of the Flowers. Then lay them on frelh brown Pa- 
per, and prefs them a little with a Handkerchief, or 
with your Fingers to grow dry. Then take the big- 
nefs of a Walnut of Gum Dragon, which, in lefs than 
Twenty four Hours, will be diflolved in a pint of Mt 
Water ; and with a fine Brufli, rub the back fides of 
your Flowers and Leaves , to make them ftick , and 
then lay them into your Paper- Book, where they will 
lye faft, and always look frelh. 
Memorandum yihtxt muft be a little Skill after the Oven,^ 
to turn the Leaves into ftiape, and a fort of Perfpedive* 
in cafe the Flower be too thick. And if you would add ? 
any fmell to thefe Flowers, which will have none, touch i 
them with fuch Effence as you think fit. 
