Flowers from Friends and Associates . . . . . . . . . . 426 Traditional Casket Sprays . . . . . 428 Types of Casket Sprays . . . . . . . 428 Mechanics for Casket Sprays . . . . 429 Other Casket Arrangements . . . . 432 Blankets, Scarves, and Garlands . . 432 Inset Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Memorial Arrangements . . . . . . 433 Standing Sprays . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Set Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Baskets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Other Floral Arrangements . . . . . . 438 Individual Flowers . . . . . . . . . . 438 Designs for Cremation Urns . . . . . 438 Cemetery Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Live Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Delivering Sympathy Flowers . . . 443 Chapter 16 Permanent Botanicals . . .448 Applications for Permanent Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Commercial Spaces . . . . . . . . . 451 Residential Spaces. . . . . . . . . . 452 Types of Artificial Flowers . . . . . 453 Mechanics for Permanent Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Foam Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Glues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 Banding and Bundling . . . . . . . . 455 Designing with Permanent Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 Design Principles . . . . . . . . . . . 459 Natural Shaping . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Stem Extension. . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Foundation Covering . . . . . . . . . 461 Decorative Mechanics . . . . . . . . 461 Dried Botanicals . . . . . . . . . . 465 Harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Cutting Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Preservation and Care . . . . . . . . 465 Air Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Hang-and-Dry Method . . . . . . . . 466 Container Drying . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Flat Surface Method . . . . . . . . . 470 Wire-Rack Method . . . . . . . . . . 470 Freeze Drying . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471 Glycerin Foliage Preservation . . . 471 Making the Solution . . . . . . . . . 473 Time Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Microwave Drying . . . . . . . . . . 474 Preserving with a Desiccant . . . . . 474 Pressed Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Chapter 17 Maintaining and Decorating Potted Arrangements. . . . . . . . . .492 Benefits of Living Plants . . . . . . 494 Types of Floriculture Plants . . . . 495 Foliage Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 Flowering Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 496 Succulents and Cacti. . . . . . . . . 497 xiv