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Show TO KEEP FLOWEHS FUESH. Will Last Three or Four Weeks if Treated Properly. "Cut flowers when properly treated," said a florist, "can be made to look fresh for three or four weeks. Every night take them out of the water and thoroughly thor-oughly rinse the utalka under a faucet, removing with the fingers any decomposed decom-posed matter. Then put them to bed for the night in a basin of strorg soapsuds, but be careful not to allow any water to ("ouch the blossoms. The soapsuda supply sup-ply a certain amount of nourishment. "In the morning rinse the stalks under tho water again and as each blossom is arranged for the day In the vase of fresh water snip off a tiny portion of the stalk with a pair of scissors. Always Al-ways carefully trim away any faded part. , "Food for the day is supplied by sulphate sul-phate of ammonia, a few drops of which should be added to the water put In the vase. At night put the flowers into some dark, cool place say a pantry as it Is not good either for the flowers or for the household that they should remain all the time In the living-rooms. "To revive cut flowers put them into warm salt water to which has been added add-ed a few drops of sulphate of ammonia. Cut flowers are constantly sent by express ex-press and through the mails, but seldom in such a fashion as to preserve their bloom and freshness. To effect this pack them In a light wooden box lined with cotton or wadding, laying over this a shet of tissue paper. Then lay the flowers not on top of each other but In rows, side by side, the blossoms of each row on the stems of their neighbors. "Pack closely, otherwise the flowers will be displaced and injured In the journey. jour-ney. Before packing they should stand In water for several hours In order to absorb moisture enough to keep them from withering. It Is not good to sprinkle sprin-kle them too heavily after they are In the box, for without air this is likely to produce mildew." St. Louis Republic. |