84 WILLIS : STT/DIES TN THE ORGANIZATION 



The American " vertical file," so convenient for filing papers 

 on any conceivable subject, is employed. This consists of 

 drawers of standard and uniform size, arranged in cases of four 

 one above another. Each group of four drawers forms a 

 unit, and when it is full another unit is simply placed beside it. 

 and so on to any extent. 



In the drawers stand, with their edges upwards, folded 



sheets of paper (size folded l.Tl in. by 8$ in.) consecutively 



numbered from No. 1 upwards. These are arranged in groups 



of ten. each ten in a similar brown paper cover, which is 



numbered outside on it- top edge 1-10, 1,051-1,060, or what 



ever it may be, so that it is quite easy to turn over the whole 



contents of the drawer, and remove any one paper without 



disturbing the rest, This is the outstanding advantage of the 



v«Tt ical file. 



Each sheet of paper has thus four sides, which are repro- 

 duced in miniature at the end of this paper. On these pages 

 spaces are left lor the outstanding facts mosl likely to be noted 

 ahout the plants, and any further notes on anatomy, ecology. 

 or morphology, lot which no space is provided, can be simply 

 written ,,n loose sheets of paper and dropped inside the fil 



sheet . 



On the first page about half the space is left for the name of 



the plant. The name under which the plant goes when col- 

 lated oi i he name under which it was received from elsewhere, 

 should be put at the top. w ith a note of its origin, and the rest. 



of the Bpace is lor the ol.sei \ations of people who may 



have i v. uli the plant. Thus a sheet may hear the 



ad 



\rdi-n humilia Vahl. (Trimen) 

 No 1 think u 1 1 a new species. J. C. W. 

 Ardisia vVillisii Mez ' C. Mi 



When the name i- finally settled, the custom at TVradeniya. 

 is to provide the plant with a metal label -one of the new 

 pattern v nan* mboased or cast upon it, so that even 



