TREE AND FLOWER PRESERVATIVES 



The system of preserving plants and 

 flowers according to the season of the year 

 in which they are gathered is also very 

 helpful in making them retain freshness 

 for a long time. This method is divided 

 into three periods known as Shin, Giyo, 

 and So. Sbin covers the summer months, 

 June, July, and August; Giyo the autumn 

 and spring months, September, October, 

 November, and March, April, and May; So 

 covers the winter months of December, 

 January, and February. 



The season of Shin is a very hot period of 

 the year; therefore it is necessary for all 

 flowers and branches gathered during these 

 months to be kept warm internally. The 

 way to do this is to wrap the stems of the 

 flowers or branches in matting or a husk 

 of bamboo — tissue paper will do as well 

 — leaving five or six inches uncovered at 

 the ends when the flowers are long stemmed, 

 and two or three inches when short. Tie the 

 covering fast with string. Put into three 

 pints of boiling water fifty-eight grains of 



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