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FLOWERS.
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small leaves are finished with carmine ; leaving in the middle of these last a small circle, to be
laid with dark purple. The last operation of the whole is to give a few touches with the same
colour round the small leaves, particularly on the shade-sides. There are still other varieties
whose mixed colours are done with carmine in the middle of the leaves, sometimes putting a
little vermilion underneath, and blending the colours with the shadows of the bottom, which are
done with indigo and white.
The small leaves are laid with masticot, and shaded with dark carmine, giving some light
touches with orpiment and carmine, to mark the separation of the leaves, which are at times
shaded with a little pale green. Some of the double anemouies are done all in red, and others
all in purple. The first are formed with vermilion and carmine, in a manner without any white,
and shaded with carmine well gummed, that it may look dark. The second sort are laid with
purple and white, and finished with white. The greens of both single and double anemonies are
done with verditer mixed with masticot, for forming; and the shadows are finished with sap-
green. The styles of these flowers being of a reddish cast, are shaded with carmine and bistre,
and sometimes with green, after they have been, laid with masticot.
The Hyacinth.—Of these flowers there are four principal sorts: the dark blue, the pale blue,,
the grey and the white. The first are laid with ultramarine and white, and shaded with a litrie
white : the second sort are laid and shaded with pale blue: the third are formed with lake and
white, and a very small quantity of ultramarine ; the same colour a little deeper is used in
finishing. For the last sort a lay of white is employed, the shades axe formed of black with a
little white, and the whole finished by strokes following, the turnings, of the leaves. The stalks
of the blue hyacinths are formed with dark sea and lily green ; those of the two others, and the
greens, are composed with verditer and masticot, and shaded with sap-green.
Lilies are of three sorts—one a little reddish, another very pale, and the third white : for the
first a lay of lake and white is used, and the same colours deeper are employed to finish them :
the second sort are laid with white mixed with a little lake and vermilion, but in such a way as
scarcely to appear. The shades are done with black and a little lake, made reddest in the middle
of the leaves next the stalks which, as well as the seeds, ought to be of the same colour. The
other lilies are laid in pure white, shaded and finished with black and white. Their stalks and
the greens of all the sorts are executed with sea-green, and shaded with sap-green.
Cowslips are of various colours—pale purple, pale red, white and yellow. The purple is done
with ultramarine, carmine and white; putting less white in the shades; the paler purple is laid
with Venice lake and a little ultramarine, with a good deal of white : the shades are of the same
colours, but deeper. The white cowslips are laid in. white, shaded with black and white, and
finished by long fine strokes like the others. The heart of these cowslips is done with masticot,
in the form of a star, and shaded with gamboge, making a little circle in the middle with sap-
green. The yellow sort are done with masticot, shaded and finished with gamboge and umbre.
The styles, leaves, and buds, are formed with verditer with a little masticot, and finished with
sap-green ; the veins, or fibres on the leaves, are done with the same colour, and the lights of
the largest leaves are heightened with masticot.
The Crocus. —Of this flower there are two sorts, the yellow and the purple. The yellow are
laid with, masticot and gall-stone, and shaded with gamboge: after which are made, on the
outside of every leaf, three streaks, at a small distance asunder, with lake and bistre: these streaks
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small leaves are finished with carmine ; leaving in the middle of these last a small circle, to be
laid with dark purple. The last operation of the whole is to give a few touches with the same
colour round the small leaves, particularly on the shade-sides. There are still other varieties
whose mixed colours are done with carmine in the middle of the leaves, sometimes putting a
little vermilion underneath, and blending the colours with the shadows of the bottom, which are
done with indigo and white.
The small leaves are laid with masticot, and shaded with dark carmine, giving some light
touches with orpiment and carmine, to mark the separation of the leaves, which are at times
shaded with a little pale green. Some of the double anemouies are done all in red, and others
all in purple. The first are formed with vermilion and carmine, in a manner without any white,
and shaded with carmine well gummed, that it may look dark. The second sort are laid with
purple and white, and finished with white. The greens of both single and double anemonies are
done with verditer mixed with masticot, for forming; and the shadows are finished with sap-
green. The styles of these flowers being of a reddish cast, are shaded with carmine and bistre,
and sometimes with green, after they have been, laid with masticot.
The Hyacinth.—Of these flowers there are four principal sorts: the dark blue, the pale blue,,
the grey and the white. The first are laid with ultramarine and white, and shaded with a litrie
white : the second sort are laid and shaded with pale blue: the third are formed with lake and
white, and a very small quantity of ultramarine ; the same colour a little deeper is used in
finishing. For the last sort a lay of white is employed, the shades axe formed of black with a
little white, and the whole finished by strokes following, the turnings, of the leaves. The stalks
of the blue hyacinths are formed with dark sea and lily green ; those of the two others, and the
greens, are composed with verditer and masticot, and shaded with sap-green.
Lilies are of three sorts—one a little reddish, another very pale, and the third white : for the
first a lay of lake and white is used, and the same colours deeper are employed to finish them :
the second sort are laid with white mixed with a little lake and vermilion, but in such a way as
scarcely to appear. The shades are done with black and a little lake, made reddest in the middle
of the leaves next the stalks which, as well as the seeds, ought to be of the same colour. The
other lilies are laid in pure white, shaded and finished with black and white. Their stalks and
the greens of all the sorts are executed with sea-green, and shaded with sap-green.
Cowslips are of various colours—pale purple, pale red, white and yellow. The purple is done
with ultramarine, carmine and white; putting less white in the shades; the paler purple is laid
with Venice lake and a little ultramarine, with a good deal of white : the shades are of the same
colours, but deeper. The white cowslips are laid in. white, shaded with black and white, and
finished by long fine strokes like the others. The heart of these cowslips is done with masticot,
in the form of a star, and shaded with gamboge, making a little circle in the middle with sap-
green. The yellow sort are done with masticot, shaded and finished with gamboge and umbre.
The styles, leaves, and buds, are formed with verditer with a little masticot, and finished with
sap-green ; the veins, or fibres on the leaves, are done with the same colour, and the lights of
the largest leaves are heightened with masticot.
The Crocus. —Of this flower there are two sorts, the yellow and the purple. The yellow are
laid with, masticot and gall-stone, and shaded with gamboge: after which are made, on the
outside of every leaf, three streaks, at a small distance asunder, with lake and bistre: these streaks
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