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a sufficient supply of water in
the items to keep pace with the
evaporation through the foliage.
Cut the flowers early, or else very
late in the day. Use a sharp knife
rather than scissors - making a
long slanting cut - this gives
greater surface for absorbing water
and keeps the stems from resting
on the bottom of the container.
Vases with narrow necks are
not desirable. Hard stemmed
flowers such as chrysanthemums
and lilacs are more feted by slitting
or crushing the stems.
Mr Iddings read of the various
plants being used to beautify
the grounds of the New York Fair.
Millions upon millions of bulbs
and think of 400,000 pansies!
Florida has [?] a very extensive
exhibit of palms & orange trees, and
thousands of tropical plants from
the Everglades. He told of
the menace of rag weed to those
who suffer from Hayfever. It seems
to be the great offender of all the