[Illustration: No. 16.]
A Wild Rose is made by cutting out two pieces of leather, exactly as in
the engraving, putting the wire through two holes made in the centre of
the pieces with a fine bradawl, and pass a piece of wire through the
holes, leaving both ends of the wire at the back to be twisted for the
stalk. To form the stamina, cut fine strips of leather as long again as
the stamina are required to be, and insert them under the eye of the
wire which forms the stalk; then cut the stamina, and pinch them up
into form; the top piece, containing five petals, must be moulded and
curved upward, inclosing the stamina; the bottom piece also, containing
five petals, must be moulded downwards, curving and bending them into
form.
To make a larger Rose, cut out a smaller piece than is shewn in the
engraving, of the same form, also the two in the engraving, and a larger
piece of the same form making four pieces, containing twenty petals;
then proceed as before-mentioned, and a fuller Rose is produced; thus
the character of the flower and the number of petals can be regulated
with comparative ease.
The rose leaves can be moulded at the back by pressing them into the
grape mould with one of the pressing tools.