Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — Good Packing Helps Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Good Packing Helps Flowers.

For packing shallow boxes should be used, 1 as the flowers will travel much better if packed in single layers. The boxes should be just long enough to comfortably accommodate the flowers and be lined with some soft nonabsorbent material. Wood wool is the best material to use, but fresh moss will also answer the purpose. Over this place a layer of white tissue paper and then lay the flowers in position, packing them as closely as possible. Cover with another layer of tissue paper and fill in if necessary with a little more packing material till when the lid is placed iirposition the contents of the box are quite firm and unable to shift . ... , ▲ freckled person always wears specks. Did you notice that?