CHRYSANTHEMUM : Page 161


To make the Mum, it is necessary to have your icingslightly thinner than normal. In order to break yourpetals off to a point, icing may be thinned down byadding a few drops of water and whipping. Use anycolored icing to simulate the Mum. Place your No. 16star tube in a cone and fill with icing. Fasten a squareof waxed paper on the nail. Here we illustrate the pro-cedure in building up a large dot in the center of thenail. This dot should be approximately 3/4 inch indiameter and 1/2 inch high. This is done by holdingthe tube in the center of the nail, and with a contin-uous pressure as the dot builds out, move the tubeabout 1/2 inch up away from the nail. The first row ofpetals is started at the bottom of the large dot. Touch

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