[Illustration: No. 8.]
The Hop consists of numerous membraneous scales having the fruit within,
and at their base; with the fruit however we have nothing to do, as it
is out of sight. The membraneous scales are the petals of the flower,
and in the engraving (Fig. 1), are twenty in number; they are all the
same size, and are cut out of skiver leather, the shape of the single
petal (Fig. 2).
To make the Hop, proceed as follows:--Take a piece of wire and wind
leather round the end of it, as in Fig. 3, fastening it well with liquid
glue; this inner body should be somewhat shorter than the Hop is to be
when completed, and pointed at both ends. Cut out as many petals as are
requisite, and mould them into a convex form at the end of each petal,
then glue them alternately, commencing at the bottom and finishing at
the top of the flowers.