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and the stem of the flower to be preserved should be 

 tied to the stick itself, to keep it steady ; and great 

 care must be taken to cut away any leaves, branches, 

 or buds, that can be blown against the flower by the 

 wind : for the slightest leaf will fray and spoil a 

 bloom if it rub against it but a few minutes, (Gard. 

 and FJor. h\ 29.) 



The Norwich growers have two, we may say three, 

 kinds of covers, for they have solid ones made for 

 covering np dark, thus — 



They have also glass covers to cover up "light : but 

 an improvement has been adopted — a cover like a 

 flower-pot, without a bottom, that they can cover 



