Mrs. Ludlam, Evanston.

Take one and one-half pounds of rock alum, pour on three pints of boiling water; when quite cool, put into a wide-mouth vessel, hang in your grasses, a few at a time. Do not let them get too heavy, or the stems will not support them. You may again heat alum and add more grasses. By adding a little coloring, it will give variety.