196 Growing Flowers 



the flower it tends to enhance the beauty, but such 

 arrangement as a tall vase containing short stubby 

 flowers is out of proportion, or vice versa. The 

 color of the flower always should be considered in 

 selecting a colored vase and care should be taken 

 not to choose a vase which has not harmonious 

 contrast. The simpler and plainer the vase, the 

 more pleasing the effect. 



A glass flower bowl containing a glass slab 

 with small holes into which to insert the stems of 

 flowers will show them off to the greatest advantage. 

 They will last longer if given plenty of room in this 

 way instead of crowding them together in a narrow- 

 necked vase. 



Cut flowers, particularly roses, will remain fresh 

 longer if they are given a bath up to the neck just 

 after they are cut. It is a pity that when so much 

 pains are taken to grow flowers that more pains 

 are not taken to preserve them. 



A little salt placed in the vase in which cut 

 flowers are placed will act as a stimulant to the 

 flowers and keep them fresh and fragrant days longer 

 than if they are placed merely in cold water. 



Charcoal taken from the fireplace and reduced to 

 a powder will prove beneficial to cut flowers if it 



