THE HOT WATER CURE FOR ROSES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 258, 4 December 1914, Page 4

THE HOT WATER CURE FOR ROSES.

"Boiling water will revive, flowers that are so withered that almost anyone would throw them away as worthless,-" said a clever lady gardener. She scraping down the limp stems of some full-bloom roses that drooped dejectedly. "I am doing this lightly, you see, "she continued, "so that the hot- water will soak all .through the stems." • After she had finished the scraping she put the flowers in a deep jug, went to the stove, and took from it the steaming hot-water kettle. Then she poured the hot water into the jug until it just covered the stems, and left the roses above the surface. "There! In a few minutes I shall have fresh flowers for the dinner table,'' she said. And her visitor saw just what she had prophesied —a mass

of roses that looked as if they had never thought of fading. '' I always try the boiling-water cure on roses before I throw them away," she concluded. '' Very few people know about it. You nmsn 't lay the flowers in the hot water. Just let it cover the steins." /