Plants of Wax

Plants of Wax by Laurence Vail Coleman, first published in 1922.
Plants of wax have become familiar to museum goers chiefly in connection with habitat groups of mammals, birds and reptiles.
In fact, the impressiveness of a group often depends as much upon the accessories which enter into its composition as upon the specimens which it features, and therefore the making of artificial foliage has become an important branch of work in a museum's studios.