294: BOTANY. 



specimens may be packed as recommendedj in a close case 

 or box, as at fig. 1, Plate 8, with small apertures for the ad- 

 mission of light and air, during severe or wet weather, as at 

 &, c, d, the part marked A should be made to slide out, and 

 this ought to be done at every opportunity, that the plants 

 may enjoy the advantage of a free circulation of air, as like- 

 wise the lid thrown open ; in fact, this may be considered as 

 fig. 1, Plate 7, when shut down in tempestuous weather. 



The Boxes figured 6, 7, 8, Plate 6, are calculated for the 

 planting of such Bulbs or Seeds, as are not likely to outlive 

 a long voyage, if not planted or sown ; fig. 6, represents the 

 Box, previous to the plants or seeds being placed therein, 

 fig. 7, the Box hooped, and fig. 8, covered with netting, 

 which in rainy weather should be further protected with 

 canvas or matting. 



In short voyages, some plants will merely require to be 

 each packed in a separate paper, arid be kept quite dry • some 

 of the Orchideae will survive for six weeks or two months, 

 if taken up with what earth may adhere to their roots, and 

 packed in dry straw, in a close box, ail this family trans- 

 plant best after the flower spike appears, the Bulb for the 

 succeeding season being then forme<3, and they are not so 

 susceptible of injury from that time till the bloom goes oif, 

 as at any other period. 



As it will be a matter of risk whether the plants (with all 

 the care that can be bestowed on ship-board,) survive the 

 voyage, the Traveller should carefully collect seeds of all 

 the kinds he can obtain ; as likewise specimens of the plants 



