Editorial Comment for this plate:

A COUNTRY LANE.

The “Country Lane,” by Mrs. Jeanette M. Appleton, which adorns this issue of The Photographic Times, is a picturesque bit of rural scenery in Highland Park, about forty miles from Chicago. ” I chose the early morning light,” writes Mrs. Appleton in regard to the picture, “making a long exposure on a Cramer, 40 sensitometer. The plate was developed with a pyro-ammonia developer, using an old developer and working it up very slowly. I never hurry a woodland picture, either in development or exposure, and generally get soft results.” “A Country Lane ” certainly shows a very soft and pleasing effect. The bent tree in the foreground, however, is to be regretted, as it considerably mars the otherwise quite perfect composition of this charming rural scene. Mrs. Appleton further writes, referring to the photo-gravure reproduction of her negative : ” I am greatly pleased with the printing process you use. It certainly grows upon one.” (p. 647)