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IN response to the inquiry of “A. W.,” perhaps you will allow me to say that many years ago I met with Mdlle. d'Angeville, the first lady to ascend Mont Blanc. She possessed the largest and best preserved collection of Alpine flowers I have ever seen, and she assured me she never used anything but cotton-wool in her press, changing it, of course, frequently. Her gentians, pedicularias, and other delicate plants were perfect in colour; and having tried her plan myself, although with less care, and therefore with less success, I still have Alpine flowers which have retained their colour for twenty years.
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BUCKLAND, A. Preserving the Colour of Flowers. Nature 38, 270 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038270b0
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