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When a sufficient quaniity hasbeen prepared, space them apart with a needle inserted through the smal! hole in the centro. Flowcr petals should never overlap, and because they will takeup morespace when pressed fiat it is worth leaving a little morę space between them than seems strictly necessary.

When pressing cup or saucer shapes in the sideway position, !envc the lube in place. These can be trimmed away once the flower has dried. Some arrangers use a two-lłuids position by placing a head in the sideway position and then folding back a portion of the upper petals, but the slraighl linę which is folded through the cenlre is inclined to look unnatural, especially on larger flowers.

FJutes and trumpets (Fip. 2,2a. 3,3.1) Nettles, Ground Mes and some species of wild Orchid have tubular-b3sed trumpet fiowers whieh tan be <oaxed from their braci s by ca retu I handling. When pressed sideways, the fluted lips will form elegant trumpet shapes but, when pressed facing upwards, they are inclined to look squat and somewhat .scuashed. Smali shapes like these should be arranged in rows facing in one direction with the top 0/ the

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