All Wax Flowers Page 3
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The Cabbage Or Provence Rose
(ROSA CENTIFOLIA.) Beauty. "The rose has one powerful virtue to boast Above all the flowers of the field-- When its leaves are all dead, and fine colours are lost, Still how sweet a perfume it will yield." ... The Cactus
Warmth. Cut the petals in bright orange wax, place a fine white wire half way up each, and occasion it to adhere by attaching a strip of orange wax over it. Colour them upon both sides with carmine. Curl the petals by passing the head of the pin ... The Carnation
(DIANTHUS.) Pure Love. "Yon bright carnation--once thy cheek Bent o'er it in the bud; And back it gives thy blushes meek In one rejoicing flood!" This may be made in three varieties. The flakes are striped with broad bands... The Daisy
(BELLIS PERENNIS.) Innocence. Whilst culling the sweet and early flowers, I cannot permit myself to pass the daisy, that pretty and simple production of nature, so emblematical of innocence, and which has been immortalized by poets, ancient and m... The Damask Rose
(ROSA DAMASCENA.) Freshness of Complexion. "The rose, like ruddy youth, in beauty stands, And would be cropped by none but fairest hands." Cut the petals from white wax, and paint them upon both sides (with my crimson), two-thirds down.... The Fuchsia;
(FULGENS;) Good taste: Will afford a pleasing variety to the flowers already described. Its blossoms hang pendant like a tassel; it is both graceful in form, and brilliant in colour: its construction is simple, being formed from two patterns only... The Lilium Lancifolium
Generous heart. The petals of this flower are curled similarly to the former, but they bend back more in the form of a Turk's cap. There is a narrow strip of bright yellow-green wax placed in the centre, and at the lower end of each petal. The pe... The Moss Rose
Beauty and Love. Is similarly constructed (being one of the same class), but is rather smaller. It requires the addition of a little real moss. It must be the fine spray moss; and dried quickly, by placing a warm flat-iron upon it. It is affixed ... The Passion Flower;
Belief: "Has become strangely interwoven with our faith, from a fancied resemblance to a cross and a crown, although it requires a great effort of the imagination to call up either the one or the other. Still its very name in some... The Primrose
(PRIMULA.) Forsaken. "Look on these flowers! as o'er an altar, shedding On Milton's page soft light from coloured urns-- They are the links man's heart to nature wedding, When to her breast the prodigal returns. "They a... The Red Fuchsia;
(FUCHSIA,) Taste: Is cut from white wax. It consists of four purple petals, and four crimson; these are painted with the large brush upon both sides, leaving a short space free from colour towards the base of each. Cut the pistil and eight stamin... The Salvia Patens
Rich and Rare. This flower is of so rich and lovely a hue, that for its colour alone it deserves imitation. There are but few decidedly blue flowers, and I do not myself know any one that approaches this for brilliancy; it is however useful in co... The Snowdrop
(GALANTHUS NIVALIS.) Consolation. "The snowdrop, and then the violet, Arose from the ground with warm rain wet; And their breath was mixed with fresh odour sent From the turf, like the voice and the instrument." This charming, ... The Victoria Regia
"There is a splendour in the living flower." Cut the petals from my peculiarly prepared wax; attach a wire half way up each at the back; colour the first sixteen petals with pale lemon. The remaining petals require a faint glow of pink laid on... The White Rose
(ROSE ALBA.) Silence. Cut the petals from thin white wax. Tinge the lower part of the first three sets of petals with my lemon powder. Cup all the petals with the finger, turning the last or largest two rows back. Cut a few stamina in lemon wax, ...