Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1883 — To Preserve Flowers. [ARTICLE]

To Preserve Flowers.

The following directions are given for the preservation of flowers in their form and color: Insert their stems in water in which 25 grains of ammonium chloride (sal ammonia) have been dissolved. Flowers can be preserved in this way from fifteen to thirty days. . To preserve them permanently for several months, dip them into perfectly limpid gum water, and then allow them to drain. \ \ * The gum forms a complete coating on the stems and petals, and preseiwes their shape and color long after they have become dry. Madrid has received the title of the classic borne of consumption. It is said that last year 1,000 persona died there from this disease alone. The frequent sudden and violent changes of temperature cause a host of plumonary complaints, while the number of victims to the zymotic diseases seems to show that the city is no better drained than it should be.