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with your plicri, shake ihcm out and clean them 

 of any adhering sand or shells, trim away jurasitcs 

 and s\ii)crfluou8 branches, and generally make them 

 ready for " floating out." ITienre, transfer ihem, one 

 at a time, as you " float ilum," to the other dish. 

 'Hun take your rani, or your \Ki\ycT, selecting a 

 |)iere Urge enough to give the plant ample room, 

 and leave a nurgin of while all around, and having 

 dipiKHl it in the water, put it (|uite un<ler the 

 floating pbnt, holding the \xi\k'T with your left hand 

 and nunaging the pbnt with the right. Now float 

 the plant out over the i>a|Krr, an<l tlraw \h- -^mii or 

 base of it up near to the emi of the jkiiii next 

 your haml, so tlut you can hold it down on the 

 pajK-r with the thumb of your left lund, the rest of 

 tlut Ivaml l»eing under the \^\Kr in th« r. 



Now, slowly lift the jKiper up to the surface and 

 draw it out of the water, in such a way that the 

 water will flow off" from it in two or three directions, 

 lliis will sprvad the plant out somewliat evenly over 

 the paiKrr. Bui in many cases you will need tc 

 arrange the branches in their most natural and grace- 

 ful position and also lake care thai they do not get 

 massed upon each other, and make unsightly heajis, 

 while other pbces arc left Uarc. ITicy should be 

 carefully arranged so as to make the most licautiful 



