Subject: preserving cut flowers

From: murray baron <[email-masked]>
Date: 6 Oct 1996 20:32:15 GMT

I discovered that certain food-colourings, when added to the water in which certain cut flowers were 
added, preserved the life of the petals.  What is known about preseverving cut flowers?  What determines 
how long a flower will continue to survive in a vase  of water?  

Murray Baron
Dept. of Medicine
McGill University
[email-masked]