Water Bouquet

Ingredients

• a circular glass dish
• a low glass shade
• not smaller round than a pudding plate
• the glass stopper of a decanter

Method

1. 1

   Place the circular glass dish in a bath filled with water.

2. 2

   Weigh the bouquet with a glass stopper to keep it upright.

3. 3

   Arrange flowers tightly together with fern or moss to hide the stalks.

4. 4

   Hold the shade under water and place it over the flowers.

5. 5

   Ensure the shade is full of water to exclude air.

6. 6

   Lift out slowly, dry the dish, and place it on the table.

7. 7

   Change the water regularly for longevity.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 176. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Water Bouquet. — A water bouquet is a novelty which ladies may be glad to hear about, especially when flowers are scarce* and ingenuity is taxed its uttermost for novelty and variety. The articles required are a circular glass dish and a low glass shade to fit inside the dish. The bouquet is made according to the size of the shade, as there must be a margin of an inch or so between the glass and the flowers. If the shade is small a very few flowers will suffice, and these should be put tightly together, with fern or moss arranged as nmch as possible to hide the stalks, which must be tied firmly together, and cut close. To look well for the centre of a dinner-table, the shade should not be smaller round than a pudding plate. A larger size would look even better; but the difficulty in making it is the quantity of water required, as you must place the dish in the bottom of a bath, with sufficient water to go over the top of the shade. Then weigh the bouquet with the glass stopper of a decanter

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