[Illustration: No. 4.]
This beautiful flower, one of the oldest inhabitants of the flower
garden, has six petals, which are formed of one piece of leather, as in
Fig. 1; the three largest petals, which, alternate with the others, are
brought uppermost, while the three smaller ones are placed behind. Our
readers will at once perceive what is meant by referring to the finished
flower; they are to be veined and curled as in the natural flower, and
the petals will require to be glued to keep them in their proper places;
it is necessary, if you have not our mould for that purpose, to adapt
something to place the lily upon while modelling it, as near the shape
of the interior of the flower as possible. The lily has six stamina,
with oblong anthers, which are made in the manner described for the
convolvulus; the pistil, with its swollen base or germen, lengthened
style and heart-shaped stigma, should be carefully imitated from nature,
being a very prominent feature in the flower; the stamina should be
placed round the germen of the pistil and fastened with liquid glue into
the centre of the flower; it must be recollected that the smooth side of
the leather must be inside the lily as in the convolvulus; some flowers
require the smooth side of the leather inside, and some outside; it must
depend upon whether the interior or exterior of the flower is most in
sight, and in some instances in the same flower some petals must be
placed one way, and some another.
The bud of the lily is formed by merely folding the whole corolla
together veined.
[Decoration]