Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-08

There arc many oi Cur brilliant h0we,s-sucE
as dahlis, pansics, plnEs, ecraniums, sweet
Williams. carnations. iolus-i7hch may be
preserved so as TO retain their coior for years.
White flowers will not aEsHcr for this purpose
Dor any succulont plant, ~ hyacinth CT cactus
lake dcen dishes, Or these OF SGibcicGt depth to
allow the flowers to DE covered al inch deep with
sand. Get the common white sanG, such as is
used Tor securing purposes, ever the bottom oil
the dish with a layer ball 81 irch deep, and
then ley IN the il)Ter!. their stems downward,
holdiog them firmly 10 place while you sprinkle
more sand over them. Unit! all places between
the petals are filed mi the h1wcrs buried out
OF sight. a broad DISH will accom- m0dslo quite
a largo plumber. ALLOW sufficient sand between.
Set the dish 10 dry, warn place, ~hGra they
will dry iridualIy; aud At the cud OF T. week
pour of the sand md examine them. Ii there
i5 any moisture in the Sard. it must be dried
out belor3 uslng agaiu; or fresh saGd may be
poured over them, tho same az BE- tore. Some
flowers will require weeks 10 dty, while others
will bCc)mo sufficiently dry TO PUT away in q
week or ten days. By this staple process
f3Wers. ierES etc, arc preserved In their prop
er shape. 50 vel SIS IN tier pIODcr cQl1r, which
is lar tier than 10 press them Ii books. When
arranged Ia groups or MOUNTED Oh cards or iu
little straw baskets. they may BE- placed ia
frames under klasa-N. f. Farmer.
De. Johnson -Hannah More aid her eister
visited London in 1913 or l77l and were tho
guests Of GsrTick They wcra received with IA
vor by Johnson, Reynolds end Burke. Hannah
More's sister lsS thus described thor first inter-
view with johnson: We have paid another
visit to Miss Reynolds; she has sent to engage
IGTcF-Ecruy'S t'UlIpcllDn
him-quite spriGhtiy modern, instead Of
rusty antique, as l expected. He was no soo1er
gone. than The most smiable ard oblieipg of
women, Miss Reynolds. ordered the coach to
take US TO DR.. Johnsons very own house. Yes
Abyssinisn johnson Dictionary johnson
HANDLERS, ldlers and Irene Johnson Can you
picture to yourselves the pal pitaton Of our
hearts as we approached his nlsDsion2 The
conversation turned upon new work Of his
just going to the press. tho Tour tothe Hebrides,
and his oid friond Richardson. Mrs. Williams,
the blind poctesa, who lives with him. was in.
trodueed TO US. Sho is engaging in her man.
hers, her conversation lively and entertaining.
Miss Reynolds told the doctor of sli our raptu.
rous excism.tloLs on the read. lie shcoS his
scientific head at Hannah sTid Said she WAS a
ailly thing When our visit was ended, he
called Tor his nat as it rained, TO attend us down
very loag entry to our COACH and not Rasselas
could have acquitted himself more 81: caralicr"
Dr. Jobnsons W! gs were in general very shah.
oy, and their forc parts were burned away BY
the near approach to the candle which his short.
slghteonets rendered necessary in reading. ct
ctrestdsu, Mr.. Thraie's butler always had
wy ieauyi hha 70 Johnson passed from the
drawing room, when dinner WAS announced the
servant would remove tho ordinary wig, and re-
place It with the mower one and this ludicrous
ceremony Was peTiormod every day
lev; John Z. MASSEY, readiusler, made
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