NEW METHOD OF DRYING BOTANICAL DRYERS, igg 



Painted Lady for Castillcja coccinca Spreng. The adjective is obvi- 

 ously suggested by the brilliantly colored bracts, but why the 

 lady is implicated is not so clear. 



PiGBERRY for VacciniiLui stainineiun L. Fruit fit for the pigs ? 



Fire Cherry for Prunus Pennsylvanica L. f. Springs up abundantly 

 after the woods have been burned over 



King of the Meado\v for Etipatoriiim piirpureum L. Probably be- 

 cause of the great purple heads of bloom, which tower over 

 the other meadow plants. 



Queen of the Meadow for Thalictriim polygamum Muhl. Possibly 

 suggested by the delicate grace of the plumes of blossom. 



NEW JERSEY PINE I'.ARRENS. 



Hog Huckleberries, Hoggies for Gayhissacia resinosa T. & G. 



Grouseberry for Gayhissacia dennosa T. & G. 



Maypink for Epigcsa rcpcns L., the pink flower that blooms in May. 



Cup-plant for Sarraccnia purpurea L., from the shape of the leaves. 



Long-root for Galactia glabella Michx., descriptive of the root. 



UvERSY for ArctostapJiylos Uva iirsi Spreng. An interesting sur- 

 vival of the old days when the plant used to be gathered in 

 great quantities and shipped to manufacturing druggists in the 

 cities, uva-ursi being the shop name of the plant. 



A NEW METHOD OF DRYING BOTANICAL DRIERS. 



By Ellszvorth Bethel. 



IN this windy country it is not always safe to spread driers on the 

 ground, for in a few hours they would all have blown over to 

 Kansas, so I have another method which works very satisfactorily 

 and at the same time it saves much time and many a backache. 

 My plan is to punch a small hole near one end of the drier. I re- 

 enforce the hole by gumming on a shipping tag — the hole of the tag 

 just over the hole in the drier. For driers to be used in the high 

 mountains where the wind is always blowing a gale, I put a tag on 

 both sides, using fish glue and never lose a drier. I make the hole 

 one or two inches from the end of the drier and use a good sized tag. 

 I now string these driers on a wire and they soon dry very thoroughly. 

 I always use a light copper wire, say No. i6 or finer, which can be 

 rolled up and carried in the pocket when not in use. Copper wire 

 admits of this rolling and unrolling without injury. This method is 

 original with me and has saved me more time and hard work than 

 any scheme I ever met. The sudden rains of this country often 

 catch our driers when spread out, but with this scheme they may be 



