| CAN YOU ARRANGE FLOWERS? | ||
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| Catalog #: | 106146 | |
| Clip Number: | 106146-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 13 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Horticulture | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/30/2003 Film gives a few hints on how to deal with flowers. A very chic looking woman with nice black suit and perfectly curled hair demonstrates the following tips: When you first get flowers home place them in water up to their necks and leave them for a couple of hours. Look at stems to check if they have been cut cleanly. Cut rose stems again with a sharp knife and pick off lower leaves - we see rose stems being prepared in C/U. Woman arranges roses in a cut glass vase. She adds more water - it should always come as far up the stems as possible. Chrysanthemums should have their stems crushed - C/U of this. Tips are given as to how to arrange them so that they can breathe. There should be no leaves below the waterline. The woman sprinkles water over the flowers. C/Us of various arrangements of flowers in vases. | |
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