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great care, and to secure these it is often necessary to collect them 

 at a different time of the season from that in which the flowers 

 are obtained. No part of the plant is more characteristic than 

 its root. It must not be forgotten that every plant, except epi- 

 phytes and parasites, has a subterranean as well as an aerial por- 

 tion, and where only one is exhibited only half of the plant is repre- 

 sented. Of course there are many plants, even herbaceous ones, 

 whose roots can not be reduced to dimensions adapted to a her- 



Fig. 65.— -Specimen correctly mounted showing botli 

 flowers and fruit. (Original.) 



barium, but wherever it is possible the entire specimen, root and 

 stem, should be secured. Much larger plants may thus be col- 

 lected than is often supposed possible, as will be explained 

 l)resently. 



"For large herbs with spreading branches the best that can be 

 done is to collect the flowering portions in specimens of suitable 

 size and supplement them with leaves selected from lower parts 

 of the stem. 



