The Art of Making Wax Leaves by Anna M. Hyde, first published in 1873.
Of all the various artistic uses to which sheet wax is applied, perhaps none is more effective or more closely imitative of nature than the manufacture of leaves.
Autumnal tints in all their gorgeous variety and blended hues, green ferns and white veined ivy, and Ñ most striking of all Ñ the rare foliaged exotics seen in hothouse collections, Ñ Colladiums, Bigonias, Coleus, Cissus discolour, and many others.