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or fait, then dry it for ufc. When tho- 

 roughly dry, fill a glafs or flone jar half 

 full of Sand, in vvhieh flick the Flowers in 

 their natural fituation, and afterwards 

 cover them gently with the fame, about 

 the eighth part of an inch above the 

 Flower. Place the glafs in the fun, or, if 

 in winter-time, in a room where a con- 

 usant fire is kept, till the Flower is per- 

 fectly dried. Then remove the Sand with 

 the utmoft precaution, and clean the Leaves 

 with a feather brufh. Particular Flowers 

 lofe in fome meafure their natural lively 

 colours, but this may be helped by the 

 afliftance of art. 



Rofes and other Flowers of a deli- 

 cate colour, recover their natural luftre 

 by being expofed to a moderate vapour 

 of Brimftone; but Crimfon or Scarlet 

 Flowers, by being expofed to the vapour 



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