What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . ; but they should be buds just on the point of use scissors to cut flowers with. A very slight tug ata little plant in dry weather pulls its roots out of the the flowers with long stems and with some of their greenleaves, and at the top of the box that you are sending awayit is pleasant always to put something which smells verysweetly — lemon verbena, or mignonette —for that first sweetscent is one of the very best things about receiving a presentof this kind. 336 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? The Reception of FlowersW
What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . ; but they should be buds just on the point of use scissors to cut flowers with. A very slight tug ata little plant in dry weather pulls its roots out of the the flowers with long stems and with some of their greenleaves, and at the top of the box that you are sending awayit is pleasant always to put something which smells verysweetly — lemon verbena, or mignonette —for that first sweetscent is one of the very best things about receiving a presentof this kind. 336 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW ? The Reception of FlowersWhen flowers are sent to you, each stem should be cutwith a slanting cut before you put it in water. Flowers withvery thick or milky stems should be slit up about half an inch,and woody stems are best peeled for an inch or two. Put theflowers deep into water that has had the chill taken off put flowers in water as quickly as possible after theyare picked. Change the water every day, and recut the stemsif they look at all brown or dry. PETS. Pets (Facrnfj page 33S) PETS IN no case do the following hints as to the care and char-acter of pets go so far as they might. But they laydown broadly the most useful rules. In cases where adog or bird is really ill, and ordinary remedies and treatmentdo not help, the advice of some one who knows should beasked. It is because all children are in touch with some onewho knows, that this chapter is not longer. The aim of thewriter of most of the notes which follow has been to describethose creatures which are most commonly kept as pets, with afew suggestions as to their care in ordinary health. Dogs: Their Care and FoodAll dogs need plenty of exercise; indeed it is scarcelypossible to give them too much when once they are over sixmonths of age. After twelve months they can follow ahorse, but a bicycle as a rule is too fast for a dog, and the ex-cessive exertion is likely to make them ill. Plenty of freshair and freedom are necessar
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