‘SPECIMENS OF PLANTS, _ 35 
already pointed out, I am desired by my friend Mr. Whateley, 
Surgeon, in London, to insert the following account of a 
method which he has used with the greatest advantage; and 
such of my readers as observe his rules, and execute them with 
adroitnefs, will find their attentions well rewarded. 
* Approved Method of iiiepuoiag Plants for an 
Herbarium. — 
i PREVIOUS to the drying of Plants by this plan,.. it will 
be necefsary to. procure the following apparatus : 
1. “ A strong oak box of the size and shape of those used 
“‘ for the packing up of tin plates. _ 
2. “ A quantity of fine ary. pg peoreed sand af any kind, 
*< sufficient to fill the box. io Fe 
3. “ A considerable sig a peed a peaks paper, hin 
 * one to four inches square, 
4. “ Some small flat leaden weights, and a few small bound 
‘“bookss) 5... 
“ The specimen of any plant intended for the Herbarium, 
“ should be carefully collected when dry and in the height of 
“ its flowering, with. the different parts as perfect as pofsible, 
“and in the smaller plants the roots should be taken up. It 
* should then be brought home in a tin box well closed from — 
ee air.—The plant should be cleared from the decayed 
* leaves and dirt, and afterwards laid upon the inside of one of 
the leaves of a sheet of common cap paper. The upper 
“* leaves and flowers should then be covered in an expanded 
“« state by * pieces of the prepared paper, which may be placed 
“in any irregular way, and kept down by the fingers till these 
“ parts of the plant are entirely covered by them: and after 
‘* that, let one or two of the leaden weights be placed upon the 
“ — The = of the pores below should then be et 
* As a the Tocca Fake very much ben: this ce of’ 
the procefs, each large petal ought to be laid flat separately witha piece 
of paper, and the utmost care taken that every part of the plant be laid 
dowa without folds, which may be done in general in 2 short time. 
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