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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
562
But
the
trick
is
not
yet
over.
“You
see,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
that
I
am
not
dependent
on
Covent
Garden
for
a
rose
for
my
button-hole;
but
you
will
naturally
say,
‘Ah!
the
magic
seed
may
be
all
very
well
for
a
single
flower,
but
what
if
you
wanted
a
complete
bouquet?’
I
hasten
to
show
you
that
this
is
equally
within
my
power.
Will
some
one
oblige
me
with
the
loan
of
a
hat
by
way
of
hothouse?
Thank
you.
Here;
you
observe,
is
an
ordinary
drinking-glass”
(this
has,
meanwhile,
been
placed
on
the
table
by
the
assistant),
“in
which
I
will
drop,
haphazard,
a
pinch
of
the
magic
seed.”
This
he
does
with
the
left
hand,
the
right
being
occupied
with
the
hat,
and
then,
with
the
glass
in
the
left
hand
and
the
hat
in
the
right,
comes
forward
to
the
audience,
requesting
a
lady
spectator
to
breathe
upon
the
glass,
which
he
immediately
afterwards
covers
with
the
hat.
He
now
requests
the
same
or
another
spectator
to
count
ten,
to
allow
the
mesmeric
influence
time
to
operate,
and
then,
removing
the
hat,
shows
a
handsome
bouquet
(natural
or
artificial)
in
the
glass.
Returning
the
hat,
and
handing
the
glass
and
flowers
for
inspection,
he
borrows
a
silk
pocket-handkerchief,
or,
in
default
of
procuring
one
from
the
audience,
uses
one
of
his
own,
brought
forward
by
the
assistant.
Drawing
it
ropewise
through
his
hands
to
show
that
it
is
empty,
he
spreads
it
before
him,
holding
it
by
two
of
its
corners.
Having
exhibited
one
side
of
it,
he
spreads
the
other,
when
the
shape
of
something
solid
is
seen
to
define
itself
beneath
it,
and
the
handkerchief
being
removed,
a
large
round
basket
of
flowers
(see
Fig.
247),
ten
or
more
inches
in
diameter
by
two
deep,
is
revealed.
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