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Plant Preservation, Aim: To Preserve flowers and leaves framed under glass…

- - - - Borax Mixture
        
        Sand
        
        Silica Gel
        
        Buried in a tight container with dry Silica Gel and it turns pale blue-gray or even pinkish-gray and must be dried again by placing it in an oven for reuse.
        
        Buried in a tight container with a mixture of 2 parts borax to 1 part sand may be used, adding 1 tablespoon salt to each quart to speed drying.
        
        Buried in a tight container with dry Borax and borax mixtures that can be reused, Spread in a shallow pan and place in a warm oven, 250°-275°, stirring occasionally, until it feels dry.
    - - Pressing
        
        Dry the leaves and some flower by placing them between heavy, flat object for weeks.
      - Air dying
        
        Tie stems into loose bunches with rubber bands or twist-ties and hang upside down in a cool, dry and well-ventilated room.
      - Microwave dying
    - - Grooming the flower
        
        Skeletonizing
        
        Glycerine
        
        Dying & Colouring
        
        Colour the plant via dip/spray/absorbtion dying
        
        Place stem in a glycerin mixture solution to preserve plant with high flexibility and pliable indefinitely
        
        Remove all tissue of leaf except vein by boiling the leaves over time and then scrape it carefully
        
        Retain only 1 inch of stem and securing a wire on remaining stem