SENDING FLOWERS BY MAIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 52, 25 November 1907, Page 3

SENDING FLOWERS BY MAIL.

When packing flowers for mail, never, under any circumstances, send them in a cardboard box, but always in a tin; or, better still, a wooden box. Quite fill the box, but b». careful to avoid the slightest pressure on the blooms: • Sprinkle the flowers well with water, and use only tissue-paper to line the box., A good way of packing, long-stalked flowers is to lay. them m rows at each end ot the box, their stems overlapping in the centre, lake a piece of stick just a shade longer than the inside width of the box, and spring it across the centre of the box, pressJ?£ ,t I we ", tlnwn on to tlio ends of the stems. J his plan keeps every bloom from moving and becoming bruised or broken. Roll somo tis- ■ sue-paper round the stick; this will prevent any damage being done to the stalks. Never use cotton wool except when' packing very J delicate hothouse specimens. The largest lace factory in the world has , been opened at Draycot, near Nottingham,* England. The factory has been built by Mr. E. Jardinc, who recently purchased Glastonbury Abbey., To signalise the event, ho opened an account in tho savings bank for svery child in tho village, starting each with a shilling. The accounts numbered over 700. Lace, factories , throughout the Nottingham and Derby districts have been working night and day for months, and all the twist hands have beeii served with, income-tax papers. Potato Apples.—Take two cupfuls of hot dnoly mashed or riced potatoes, mix through them two tablespoorifuls of butter, one-third 3t a cupful of grated choose, half a teaspoonful of salt, a little cayenne pepper and grated nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls of thick cream and yolks of two eggs. Heat this up and shajpe in the- form of small apples. Roll in I (lour, eggs, and crumbs. Brown in hot, deep . fa*-" •