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BACTERIA IN RELATION TO PLANT DISEASES. 



slips. The following transcripts from actual records will serve to illustrate the 

 method (figs. 98 and 99). As fast as the notes are completed they are filed away in 

 boxes or large envelopes until the whole subject has been worked over, when they 

 are sorted out according to their various sub-heads, and all the data which they 



contain is thus easily available. 

 The writer also uses a sten- 

 ographer whenever possible, 

 and the typewritten sheets, 

 after immediate careful scru- 

 tiny for errors of fact, are filed 

 away in stout Manila envel- 

 opes with the name of the 

 parasite written on one corner; 

 Fi IQQ* 1 6 by 12 inches is a good size 



for the envelopes. 



Card-catalogues should be made on the L,. B. index slips, made and sold by the 

 Library Bureau, Boston, Mass. Figure 100 is a sample from the writer's catalogue 

 by authors. A larger size should be selected if it is desired to include abstracts. 

 When long abstracts or considerable extracts are made from literature which has 

 been borrowed, or may not be readily accessible in future, heavy sheets (6jg by 8- ; H 







Fig. 10 1. 1 



inches) have been used by the writer. These have headlines, as shown in fig. 101, 

 and are preserved by tying into covers made for the purpose. A red line down the 

 left side of the sheet preserves a space for a marginal index. 



A serious objection to the making of many abstracts is the time involved and 

 the danger of degenerating into a mere student of literature in the effort to make a 

 complete catalogue ; another is the fact that, if made in advance of actual need, or 



*Fic,. 100. Sample from card-catalogue. Two-thirds actual M/<' 



|Fn.. 101. Top of large sheet used for voluminous abstracts. A red line near left-hand mar- 

 gin marks off a space on which summarizing catch-words or phrases are written. Breadth of sheet, 

 (>"s inches. 



