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2. Plant press - Wikipedia

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   A flower press is a similar device of no standard size that is used to make flat dried flowers for pressed flower craft. Specimens prepared in a plant press are later glued to archival-quality card stock with their labels, and are filed in a herbarium. Labels are made with archival ink (or pencil) and paper, and attached with archival-quality glue.

3. Oshibana - Wikipedia

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   As early as the 16th century, samurai were said to have created oshibana as one of their disciplines to promote patience, harmony with nature and powers of concentration. [citation needed] Similarly, as botanists in Europe began systematic collection and preservation of specimens, art forms with the pressed plant materials developed, particularly during the Victorian era.

4. Plant collecting - Wikipedia

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   Newspaper and cardboard are two common choices for blotter material. When arranging the plant in the press it is important to remember that the dried plant product will be fragile and inflexible, so position the plant exactly as you wish the final product to appear. Tighten the press and wait approximately a day to check up on the plant.

5. Flower preservation - Wikipedia

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   This method uses a "flower press" that sandwiches the flower between two rigid layers, often lined with a breathable/adsorbent fabric to allow moisture to leave the flower, then applies a small amount of pressure to the flower, allowing it to keep its shape while it dries. The art is then framed in a flat shadow box style frame, to hang on the ...

6. Herbarium - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] The value of a herbarium is much enhanced by the possession of types , that is, the original specimens on which the study of a species was founded. Thus the herbarium at the British Museum , which is especially rich in the earlier collections made in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contains the types of many ...

7. Floral industry - Wikipedia

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   The industry continues to diversify from the production of cut flowers to the production and sale of plants and flowers in many different forms. The global floral industry market size is estimated to be worth US$ 50040 million in 2022 and is forecast to increase to US$ 58030 million by 2028 with a compound annual growth rate of 2.5% during the ...

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9. Aerogel - Wikipedia

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   Pressing softly on an aerogel typically does not leave even a minor mark; pressing more firmly will leave a permanent depression. Pressing extremely firmly will cause a catastrophic breakdown in the sparse structure, causing it to shatter like glass (a property known as friability), although more modern variations do not suffer from this ...