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/unt. 1919
THE
LA~DS\VOMAN
The Pressing and Preserving of
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Wild Flowers
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HL · "n \ ('~· fn.,t·mnt tng ho b by to nw. 'fhl'l'c
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n tht• L"mtc.:d K mgd om, of wha•h l h an•' fo und .
prt""t'o,
T hen l pu t i t in m y }ln""" (R 11.)
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Wander· Thirst
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t he "( 11,
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\ n d Ul"t nnd "''"t tlw " '"Hil'r- tlurst thnt \\tll not
kt l\H' h•' :
Tt "ork~ in llll' h kc m ntlnt•"-:. denr, to btd me •' Y
good -bw :
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of t lw ..,)t • \.
1 l..no\\ n ot" ht'l't' t hCI ''lu te rontl rnntt, nor whn t t ht
him• lull q ill'\'.
Uut n mnn c·nn h nH' tht•
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for frH.·ml. nnd fot· lu~
lo(\H th• 11 ... tnr;
\th l th<•tt•'::< no l'tHl of ' oyn~1 ng, "lwn o tH't' tht•
'oH• f'
t>~
lwn td ,
Forth£' Tl\t' t'CI\JL .. , und the ron.d c all~'>~, and oh! t he
t•nll of n bn-rl.
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the• Ion '! hori?t)l\ lit•:-, a n d tlH' I'(' hy n ight l\llll
d.w
~trong
wooch •n l>o nrc h; (Jl.) Pt~"'Ri n ~ pnpt•r:
( C.) (Jlamp- laym g tho flowt•r, hchH·cn s lll L· t~ of
very absorhcnt paper (only t o bt• obtatncd ftom
()ne fi rm [ know of ). Blo tting paper can })(' u,t•cl,
Lut no t with :->uch good r<'sult-.. 1 t hen ~-~ra\ CS of th(' plauh. 1 nh,t.y:'
o pt·n the p rc-.s in twenty-fo ur h ou r:-, whNt you w11l
find 1t 1s the n a "-cry <.· a~y m at h r t o nrrnngt• the
p la nt t· ~a<' tly ru,J you want Jt. Xow I1mt the damp
on t o th(' prC!'!'I ngaHl and h ghtC'n up. BH•ry tc•n
h ours 1 turn the nob or ha ndle of tlH' cl a m p round
O JH t '. -.o g(·tt i ng a gradual JnrrNl,..t' of pre :-un·.
Towa rd tht· £'nd of th£' tiNt Wt•t•k of P"'!-::m g you
<> nght to tind (If yo ur d amp) <; ~ t ro ng t•nouFth) that
~ou wtll hn'<' to w.c• a lc.>Hr for t 1ghtt m ng m tHk
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<~ut
o f H pw(·c• of wood . \\tth n ho1t tn thc.> cP nt n•
for tht• h<"ud nf th£' damp to tit tn . X t• \ (•r t ni..P tht•
t i <.1\\ 0 T ... out of tlw vn·~~ unttJ tlll y a« a b-.o lut ~ly
dry n nd hn t th•. ~mall and th111 pla n t" :~\H h ~
~ ht<'k\Ht· d. daby and \t'tC'h<'" takt• nho ut th rct•
\\cob to g(•t propt•rly dry. oth('IN, ~u<' h a" k n"t'l,
take qwte two month". Fl o \H' rs lwlonging to tho
l){)llPY trilx· nre tbo wo~t to pnss IU' they haHl to
be pntltlNl nnd prt•!(<.:.t•d bc hn <'ll oilt•d pa JX•r.
\\'h,·n t oll<·<·hng flO\\('~ for pn•s,mg 1t lA f\<'ld o m
n ~c 1 "' ~n1y to puJ1 tht• plant up by 1t~ l'Oot.
Ho\\·
.- H 't. cnrE': ~ ho uld Ot' taken to lllcludt• h•n Y <'~ and
tin\\ t' l und Jo wl•r lt•tH'<' ~ at th(' haRt of t ht• plnn t.
Tht• plnnt tc huuld tlwn l><· put into n. " ' ,...,<•ulum
Q f n1r·ttgbt tm box : If tht• bottom of it t l' t'OH ~d
hj 11 s hc·(•t of wl.'t hlottmg pnpc>r tht' 1l o wl't'~ \\Ill
tl' mn i n C n •111h for hom ~.
For tU' ntifying a mnii lio,,c~ it is tmpodant to
b aH n " trun~ mn~nifying gln.q ~. the lC'lh l.wiug not
m ore t hnu a u UJ <' h nnrl a half 111 diamcot<'r.
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Till' old ,hip" tlrn' to honw agn tn, th<' younp: . . }up
'-I\ I) t\\\ tlY ;
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but go f mu ... t. and if nwn n ~ k , • 0 u
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ma' put tht• blnnw on t h<' ~ t a n; and t)w Kun. an cl
t he • \\ h1 h.' road and t lw s ky !
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