Soapweed

Soapweed after burning off dead portion. The shrinkage is from 32 to 46 percent in weight from burning, depending upon method of scattering. Shrinkage here about 43 percent. All green leaves burned. Jornada Range Reserve. New Mexico. United States Forest Service, Washington, D.C. Black and white images hand painted directly on glass with either transparent oil paints, aniline dyes or watercolors by colorists. Glass lantern slides were sometimes baked after painting to set paint layers.