OF FLORA, 99 



licoe ftretched tight. The utmoft care 

 is requlfite, to have the flraining cloths 

 perfe<5lly clean and dry before they are 



After having caufed the cloths to im- 

 bibe as much Oil of Ben as pofTible, 

 fqueeze them a little, then ftretch and 

 fix them on the hooks of the frames ; 

 put one frame thus completed at the 

 bottom of the box, and upon its cloth 

 flrow equally thofe flowers, the efTence of 

 which you intend* to extract j cover them 

 with another frame, on the cloth of which 

 you are to ftrow more flowers, and con- 

 tinue to ad in the fame manner till the 

 box is quite filled. The frames being 

 each about two inches thick, tlie flowers 

 undergo very little prefigure, though they 

 lie between the cloths. At the expiration 

 of twelve hours, apply freili flowers in 

 F 2 the 



