. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . sting of a bellglass placed over flowers, and having its rim dipping intowater. It is clear that so long as the rim of the bell glass iscovered by water, so long the air beneath the bell will be sodamp as to affect the insensible perspiration of the flowers. AUGUST. 357 A contrivance like this, however, although suited to a sit-ting-room, or any other place at rest, cannot be employedelsewhere; and consequently when cut flowers have to becarried in the hand, or be sent to a distance, some oth
. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . sting of a bellglass placed over flowers, and having its rim dipping intowater. It is clear that so long as the rim of the bell glass iscovered by water, so long the air beneath the bell will be sodamp as to affect the insensible perspiration of the flowers. AUGUST. 357 A contrivance like this, however, although suited to a sit-ting-room, or any other place at rest, cannot be employedelsewhere; and consequently when cut flowers have to becarried in the hand, or be sent to a distance, some other ar-rangement becomes necessary. The quantities of fresh flow-ers that are continually reaching London from the distantcountry seats of the wealthy classes, show that good gardenersknow well enough how to manage. Our remarks are there-fore not intended for them, but for the crowd which does notknow; and we confine ourselves to such mistaken methodsas come within our own experience. Those indeed who doubtthe necessity of our remarks should see the state in whichflowers are frequently reaching 20. BELL GLASS FOR PRESERVING FLOWKRS. Many suppose that if flowers are guarded by something soft,they run no risk of injury ; and so they wrap them in cottonwool, or nice dry moss. Of all contrivances this is at oncethe commonest and the worst. Cotton wool is one of thedriest materials we know of, and moss is another. When cutflowers are placed among dry cotton wool the latter sucks outof them what water they can give up, and distends itself byemptying them. The same of moss. Both too are dirtysubstances sticking to the surface of flowers, from which theycannot be easily detached. A favorite protection to a bouquetis a clean dry cambric pocket handkerchief, wrapped tenderlyround it; this is almost as bad as cotton wool, and for thesame reason, except that it does not become entangled amongthe flowers. A very clean, very dry deal box, pierced withair-holes, is employed by some, the f
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