How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 34
pour-ing the water off until it looks quite clear; then dry the sand, Wild Flowers and their Preservation. 17 by placing it in a clean tin in the oven. When it is dry—fully dry and cool—pour enoughin a box to enable the flowersto stand by themselves, theirstems embedded in the sand,which should be… … Preserved Flowers, The flowers must be fresh and entirely free from moisture.Place them stem downward in the sandy layer, and very gently 18 Spring, and slowly pour in the sand a little at a time, until each leafand petal is firmly held in place (Fig. 5); then fill the boxwith sand nearly two…
