Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 14 | Cut Flowers

CUT FLOWERS W With th proper care flowers from the florists florist's may be kept a surprisingly long time says sas an article In Inthe Inthe inthe the American Home The only trouble is that many purchasers of cut flowers do dd not know what constitutes constitutes constitutes con con- proper care Flow Flowers eIS cis must be taken care of by bythe bythe bythe the purchaser When When you jou open a abo bo box of cut cut non flow flowers ers rs from the tho florists florist's tho the stems have air all in them So itIs it itis itis is not enough that you jou OU put the flowers Immediately into a vase of ot water hater Cut off abo about t a half halt inch at atthe atthe atthe the end of the stems and immerse the thee stems in warm water waler till tilt the tho flowers arc are up to their necks neels In the liquid Then hen the water passages will soon be filled ClUed and the flowers are ale ready for Cor tho vases Ex Exposure to air has dried up tho moisture at the end of each tiny canal in the plant tissue and the openings are plugged up And you cannot fill 1111 a plugged stem an any more than han you rou can a plugged hose By cutting off ort some of the tho stem stein end you expose fresh tissue into which the water may be quickly drawn up into nto the flower Jf tf tho the stem I is immediately immediately immediately imme imme- placed In water Warm water Is advised because heat makes even metal exp expand nd whereas cold makes males things con- con tract The water passages will fill 1111 fillmore fillmore more quickly it if they are made warm than if it they are aro contracted by toy sudden immersion in cold Water wa wa- ter terIn In removing any cut flowers from froma rom a florists florist's box it must be remembered remembered remembered that no matter how carefully carefully care care- care fully they were packed nor how fresh the they look the vitality o of the s blosson has been severely taxed Nothing puts new life Ufe into the blossoms blos bIos blossoms better than warm water Those with hard haId stems like chrysanthemums chry chry- chrysanthemums bear it quite Quito hot while stemmed soft oCt st flowers like the calla can endure 80 or 90 00 degrees Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fah Fah- as the limit At night leave leavo the tho chrysanthemums mums In a cool place with the Collage fo foliage fo- fo liage sprinkled with water the next morning fill the tho container with fresh Cresh water slightly warmed cut cutback cutback cutback back a small portion pOlton of tho the stem and the blossoms will last for COl a a. along long lung time I I