At present, I have several unfamiliar plant? in the pro-cc$$ of boing pressed and until che time cum es to cxam* ine them, l will not know whcihcr they have dried successfuiiy. Eadi year I try to coUect large quantiries of ihe materiał which i know will dry woli and prove u sofii] in arrangements, but l also reseree roum for a few strangers fur experimcntai purposes. A collectoris list of recommended plants most thcrcforo remain incomplete but, for the beginner, here i? a short selection of Miniaturę materiał and the sources where it ean be easily obtained in most areas.
NAME |
I.OCAllON |
PART FOR PRESS!MO |
Alyssum |
From seed or garden nurseries |
Flowers |
Aquilegia (Columbine) |
Garden nurseries, sometimes wild |
Leaves |
Broom |
Commons, wastelands |
Flowers |
Buttercup |
Grass banks, fields, wastelands |
Flowers |
Candytuft |
Frum seed |
Flowers and leaves |
Cleaveis (Goosegrass) |
Hedges, fences, wastelands |
leaves |
Clover |
Grass verge$, banks |
Flowers and leaves |
Cow Faisley |
Koadsides, ditches, wastelands |
Fioreć clusters |
Cowslips (Cultivated) |
From seed o: garden nurseries |
Flowers, calyx, stems |
Curly Chevril |
Herb bod, garden nurseries |
Cream leaves |
Cut-Ieaved Cranesbill |
Grass lands, wastelands |
Kusi, spiked leaves |
Daisy (Lawn> |
Uwns, grass lands, wastelands |
Flowers |
Delphinium |
Garden nurseries, florist |
Florets |
Fat Hen Dock |
Waysides, wastelands |
Flowers |
Fcrns |
Wiłods, walls, florist |
Leaves |
Forgel-me-not |
From seed, garden nurseries, stream banks |
Flowers and sprigs |
Geums |
Garden nurseries |
Flowers, rus: leave£ |
Gold Dust |
Garden nurseries |
Flowers |
Gorse |
Heaths, wastelands |
Flowers |
Grasses |
Road sides, wastelands |
Bleacned tips |
Ground ivies |
Hedges, undergrowth, wastelands |
Flowers, smali !eaves |
Heather |
Moors, garden nurseries |
Flowers |
Herb Robert |
i ledgerows, veiges, łracks |
Leaves |
Heuchera |
Garden nurseries |
Flowers |
Hop Trefoil |
Grass verges, meadows |
Flowers and stems |
Iberis |
From seed, garden nurseries |
Flowers |
ivy |
Brickwork, woods, florist |
Leaves |
lvy-leavcd Toadflax |
Brick and stonework, walls |
Leaves, stems and Flowers |
Lady's Smock |
Meadows |
Flowers |
Larkspur |
From seed, garden nurseries, florist |
Florets |
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