Show to ice iti p arreh flowers may bo be kept freeh fresh for a long iong time hy by putting q pinch of isoda soda into the lie water in ili which they are held they should not be gathered while the sun is shining upon bliem but early in tho tile morning or after the sun hag has been down for an all hour to revive wilted flowers powers plunge the stems to about one third 0 of f their length into boiling water this will drive tho the sap back into the flowers causing them to become frosh then cut away the third of tho tile stem XvI liell lias has been heated and place the flowers in fit cold water new aorl world |