Making Flowers Last

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 4, Issue 10, 1 April 1926, Page 33

Making Flowers Last

A S most of us regard flowers not as a luxury but a necessity, it is worth while taking a little trouble to make them last. Nearly every woman will see that her flowers have fresh water and that their stalks are cut every day; but in order to prolong the life of the blooms to the greatest extent it is advisable to make a round of your

rooms last thing before retiring and remove all the flowers from the vases, plunging them into a big jar or bowl with more water than they can possibly get during the day. This is the time to nip their stalks and put a pinch of salt in the water, and the bowl into which you have plunged them should be left in a dark cool place. .