CUT FLOWERS AND ASPIRIN.
Cut Mowers may be prevented fro** failing l>y giving them an a-pirin tablet. Norman I'. Keeler. pliranmei-I at ilie Stat. l Sanitarium at Ai■ • 111 Alio, l‘a.. states llial hi thi- method la' lia~ licit only |»I'*--.-rvc* 1 lint'. >’i- several days bovond tin* unit' when they would ui'(liiiariiy fade, Imt ha- revived them Will'll Wlltl'll. Tim experiment s were (endue led wiili chrysanthemums. S*line* ol them were inn into water to wiii* li an nsliiri ll tahli'l had been add'd; the oilier were put into plain water. Kent under condition- otherwi-e the same. 1 | u . drugged blooms out lasted the other- hy three day-. In aliolher case, Ilnwers which had stood in a hot room over night, and were hadly wilted, were given Iro.-lt water, to which an aspirin tablet had heeu added. I hey revived in two hour-, looking a- tre-u a.- thev did when pithed the day hetere. The leave-, however. remained wilted. Ihe explanation ol the action ol the aspirin i- that tt act- a- an atttt-ep-tie, interfering with the enzyme which normally cause- the clogging ol toe ves-els ol the stem at its cut surface.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1924, Page 1
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194CUT FLOWERS AND ASPIRIN. Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1924, Page 1
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