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“This method leaves the flowers slightly shrivelled, but otherwise dry. Darkness prevents the colors from fading. And it suits most seed heads and sprays such as clock, and such summer flowers as delphinium, larkspur and golden rod.
“Homemakers might want to try to dry other flowers by the upside down method, although very soft-stemmed flowers often fail,” cautioned the extension home economist. ,. “Many open-faced flowers, suclf !asJ”, Emma's',' ‘ ^maiTjtrtsfit&s^, marigolds and others, preserve well when they are completely covered with powdered borax,” Miss Habel noted.
“The flowers do even better when they are buried in a powder called silica gel. The powder dries the flowers quicker, and the colors and shapes of the buried flowers emerge almost lifelike,” she said.
Miss Habel explained, “To use borax or silica gel, cover the
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