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Jean M. Thompson
A Winter Scene Frontispiece
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3. Grass blade with dew deposit 5
4. Showing how sharp-pointed grasses collect and retain the dewdrops 5
5. Grass blade holding two drops 5
6. Dewdrop on grass blade 5
7. Spider’s web entire 9
8. Detail section of spider’s web dew-laden 9
9. A dew-laden strawberry leaf 13
10. Dewdrop caught on vegetable hairs 13
11. The sleeping caterpillar was a good subject 13
12. The surface of a leaf dew-covered 13
13. Dew caught and held upon the down of plant stem 14
14. Dew upon the down of a leaf 14
17. Hoar-frost deposit upon a stick 18
18. Dainty lace-like formation of hoar frost 18
19. Winter tabular hoar frost resembling a group of butterflies 18
20. Like a piece of bleached coral 22
21. Tabular hoar frost 22
22. Tree form tabular hoar frost which grew in zero weather 22
23. A winter type of hoar frost 26
24. Columnar hoar frost upon a decaying log 26
25. Striking arrangement of hoar-frost crystals 26
26. Showing hoar-frost elaboration 33
27. Hoar-frost deposit upon grass blades 33
28. Moss-like hoar frost deposited upon surface of pond 37
29. Columnar hoar frost scattered over brook ice 37
30. An odd hoar-frost formation 41
31. Detail tabular hoar frost 41
32. Detail tabular hoar-frost crystals 41
33. Cup-form hoar frost 41
34a. Columnar hoar-frost crystals 45
34b. Columnar hoar frost 45
35. Linear-type window-pane frost 46
36. Showing initials crudely scratched upon glass 46
37. An exquisite lace pattern in frost 50
38. A beautiful example of two distinct types 54
39. Fern-like scrolls, delicate background 54
40. A perfect fern leaf 58
41. Raised fern-like arrangement 58
42. Showing in detail granular frost 58
43. Graceful feathers with curling ends 62
44. Strikingly beautiful example 62
45. One of Jack Frost’s masterpieces 69
46. A mass of feathers scattered upon glass 69
47. Sometimes Jack Frost sketches oak leaves 73
48. Detail of frost crystals largely magnified 73
49. Twigs and leaves 77
50. Branch-like arrangement of twigs 77
51. Moss-like arrangement of frost 78
52. Twin freaks 78
53. An unusual design 82
54. A powdering of small flowers 82
55. A maple-leaf etching 86
56. Find the frost spider 86
57. Two distinct types of window-pane frost 90
58. Curious design suggesting a spider web 90

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