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Title	Author	# of Pages
Dried Flowers with a Fresh Look	Eleanor Reed Bolton	210

Contents

[This book also contains color illustrations of various dried flowers]

Editor's Foreword    (p. xi)
Pleasures and Values of Dried Materials    (p. xiii)

PART I--SELECTION OF MATERIALS
    1. Modern Methods Extend the Possibilities    (p. 3)
    2. Colors and Longevity    (p. 8)
PART II--TECHNIQUES OF PRESERVATION
    3. Selection and Preparation of Flowers    (p. 17)
    4. Ways to Dry Flowers    (p. 28)
    5. Protective Storage    (p. 57)
    6. Ways to Treat Foliages and Ferns    (p. 65)
    7. Handling Nature's Other Offerings    (p. 82)
PART III-ARTISTIC APPLICATIONS
    8. Grooming Your Treasures    (p. 93)
    9. Preliminaries to Arranging Dried Flowers    (p. 112)
    10. Special Uses for Dried Materials    (p. 125)
    11. Flower-Show Wisdom    (p. 135)
    12. Profit Potentials    (p. 144)
PART IV--APPLICATION OF TECHNIQUES
    13. An Alphabet of Flowers and Foliages    (p. 151)
Index    (p. 203)