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PRESERVATIVES: For "pickling" Flowers Place a small flower in a clear glass pill bottle and fill with alcohol; or use clear rum, which is an excellent preservative. RMH 0
PRESERVATIVES: Wood and Metal Most of them injure plants; paints, creosotes, pentachlorophenol (penta) all have toxic effects; for methods of counteracting refer to AH53. only one is safe to use on wood benches and that is cuprinol or copper napthanate (green). C73-19 see also Penta preservative; Wood preservatives 0

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