DRYINCI SPECIMENS. ETC. 



Drying specimens. —Botanical specimens, whether 

 for transmission through the post or insertion in a her- 

 barium, should be placed between stout bh)ttei"s (felt-paper 

 is a cheap and excellent material) with a flat board and a 

 few bricks or stones on top, and pressed for one to four 

 weeks, according to the moisture they contain. The blot- 

 ters must be changed as soon as they are damp, or the 

 specimens will become mouldy. Every specimen must show 

 flowers and leaves, or fruit and leaves. For mounting, 

 demy paper, cut into sheets of Ki x lOi iAches, gives a 

 convenient size. 



Pronunciation of scientific (Latin or 

 Latinised) names of plants:^ 



a .siniit IIS in man nr bmij as in far, (ncording to posi- 

 tion, ni'ri'r as in mate. 



e */.s- in get or as a in gate, never as in me, ami never 

 silent. 



i (//((/ y ((.s i /"/( marine, never us in mine, my. 



u as lit full or oo in fool, never as in use, tune or up. 



fe, oe, and au are dipJithongs, approactiing i in fire, oy 

 in boy, and on in house, hut ee and iv may he pronounced 

 siinp}]! as long Latin e. 



c and g fdicaj/s hard, like k and g in get. 



j like y //) young; s rdvays sharp as in base. 



cli, ph, th, rh, were originatlji c, p, t, r post-aspirated 

 (soineichat as in blockhouse, uphill, boatliook), hut may he 

 pronovnced as k, f, th in thin and r. 



The stressed or accented syllahle is marked in the index 

 hij an acute accent on the voivel. 



Authors' names. The names of certain authors, 

 which recur tre(|uently, have been abbreviated as follows: — 



All.— C. Allioni. Mill.— P. Miller. 



Benth. — Geo. Bentham. P.B. — Palisot de Beauvois. 



DC— A. P. CandoUe. Pers.— C. H. Persoon. 



Desf. — R. L. Desfontaines. R. Br. — Robt. Brown. 



Ga?rtn. — J. CJjiertner. Schrad. — H. A. Schrader. 



Haw. — A. H. Haworth. Scop. — J. A. Scopoli. 



H. B. & K.— Humboldt, Sibth. J. Sibthorpe. 



Bonpland, and Kunth. Sm. — J. E. Smitli. 



Jacq. — N. J. von Jacquin. Thunb. -C. P. Tliunberg. 



L. — Carl von Linne (Lin- Willd. — C. L. Willdenow. 



niieus). With. — W. Withering. 



