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225. Another Secret to preferve Flozvers, 



Take the finefl River Sand you can 

 get, after having fifted it ieveral times 

 through a fine fieve, throw it into a 

 glals vefTel full of clear Water, and rub 

 it a good while between your fingers to 

 render it ftill finer; then pour oft the 

 Water by inclination, and dry the Sand 

 in the fun. The Sand being thus pre- 

 pared, bury the Flov»?ers gently in it with 

 their Leaves and Stalk, difpofing them 

 in fuch a manner that their form may 

 not be in the leafl injured. After hav- 

 ing thus kept Flowers fome time, till 

 their Iiumid particles are entirely evapo- 

 rated, take them out, and inclofe them. 

 in bottles well corked ; fecure them from 

 all changes of the atmofphere, but let 

 them enjoy a temperate warmth; for if 

 tlie heat is too great, the colours fade-, 



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