Preserved moment:Barbra Scott catches blooms at their most perfect, then treats them so they'll last at least a season.

Fresh As a Daisy

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN WHEN people stop and ask you where you got your flowers-which is exactly what's hap- pened ever since we placed a Barbra Scott arrangement in our office.

The most interesting thing about her cre- ations is that the flowers are preserved (not fresh, not air- or freeze-dried, and not fake). So they look fresh but they last a minimum of four months. Peony arrangement, was $75, now $50; roses- and-hydrangea arrangement, was $125, now $75.