I haven't actually tried this, but the procedure seems sound to me:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Skeleton-Leaves
Olney, Margaret A. wrote:
> Does anyone have a good protocol for making leaf "skeletons," that have
> just the veins remaining? I have seen some excellent examples of
> skeletons and would like to have my students make some in class. We've
> tried boiling in sodium hydroxide, but that didn't work very well. One
> of my students showed me the work of Booker Morey and Leaflines (a quick
> google will show these images) and would like to make some skeletons
> showing that kind of detail. Thanks!
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Margaret Olney
>> Biology Department
>> Saint Martin's University
>>molney from stmartin.edu>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
> Plant-ed mailing list
>Plant-ed from net.bio.net>http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed>
