Unusual Possibilities

Many foreign plants, almost common now because we have seen them or their fruits so often at the grocer's or the florist's, offer beautiful and unusual material for dried arrangements. At the grocery store there are lemons and limes, avocados, giant artichokes, known as globe or bur artichokes—from the Mediterranean region but now grown in California—pomegranates, and mangoes, from the South Sea Islands. To dry these fruits, simply lay them out on a flat surface until they get firm. Sometimes fruit gets soft. Unless you have had experience in drying it, you may think it should be discarded at this stage, but such is not often the case. After a week or so, you will find that it has begun to harden. When it is firm, it is completely dried and ready for use. Limes and lemons dry faster than avocados, pomegranates, and the larger fruits.

If you think it extravagant to dry a whole avocado, save the seed when you have eaten the fruit. This can be used in both line and mass arrangements. It looks like a large grayish purple plum. By peeling off the outer skin, you can have a different color, a golden brown.




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