OF FLORA. 109 



and if not kept fufficiently warm, the hu- 

 midity of the Flowers will not wholly eva- 

 porate. 



126. Another Method of pre ferving Fhwcrs 

 a long wh'ile^ in their natural Shape and 

 Colour, 



Take the fined River Sand, divefledof 

 whatever impurities it may contain ; then 

 dry it in the fun or a ftove, fift it through 

 a fieve, and only make ufe of the fineft 

 part. Procure a Tin Box, or a Wooden 

 Box lined with Tin, of any fize you think 

 proper, cover the bottom of the Box 

 three or four inches deep with prepared 

 Sand, and ftick in it the Stalks of the 

 Flowers in rows, but in fuch a manner 

 that none of the Flowers may touch each 

 other, afterwards filling the vacuities be- 

 tween the Stalks with Sand. Then 

 fpread the Sand all around the Flowers, 



which 



