PRESERVATIVES: For "pickling" Flowers

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by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

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Place a small flower in a clear glass pill bottle and fill with alcohol; or use clear rum, which is an excellent preservative. RMH
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PRESERVATIVES: Wood and Metal Most of them injure plants; paints, creosotes, pentachlorophenol (penta) all have toxic effects; for methods of counteracting refer to AH53. only one is safe to use on wood benches and that is cuprinol or copper napthanate (green). C73-19 see also Penta preservative; Wood preservatives 0

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