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  2. Plant collecting - Wikipedia

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    Compression may be accomplished with tightened nuts and bolts on the corners of the press, with tightened straps around the press, or by placing weights on top of the press. A book with a weighted object on top of it can also act as a press. [7] When placing in the press, plant samples should be sandwiched between a few layers of absorbent ...

  3. Oshibana - Wikipedia

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    Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...

  4. Flower preservation - Wikipedia

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    Pressing is a very easy way to preserve flowers although the relief is lost and the flowers are flat. Unglazed paper, such as newsprint or an old telephone book , is best for pressing. Flowers are spread so they do not overlap between several thicknesses of newspaper.

  5. 4 Easy Ways to Dry Flowers and Preserve Their Natural Beauty

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    Pressing works especially well for flat flowers, but you can select flowers at any stage from bud to full bloom. Use a flower press, which is a small device of wood and plastic press plates held ...

  6. A Guide to the 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' Series - AOL

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    Here, a guide to reading the ACOTAR books in order: A Court of Thorns and Roses. The first book is the entryway into the romantasy world of A Court of Thorns and Roses. After Feyre, a 19-year-old ...

  7. 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.

  8. Fleuron (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Τypographic ornament in ancient city of Kamiros in Rhodes island, Greece. Flower decorations are among the oldest typographic ornaments. A fleuron can also be used to fill the white space that results from the indentation of the first line of a paragraph, [4] on a line by itself to divide paragraphs in a highly stylized way, to divide lists, or for pure ornamentation. [5]

  9. The Secret of the Rosary - Wikipedia

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    The book is structured in terms of 53 Roses, i.e. sections. The introduction consists of three Roses, Part I embodies the First Rose to the Fortieth Rose and Part II includes the Fiftieth Rose. The introduction has three Roses: The White Rose for priests, the Red Rose for sinners, and the Mystical Rose Tree for devout souls. These three Roses ...