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BRAMBLES AND BAY LEAVES. 



their stems. Stubborn, woody plants, as holly, hawthorn, ling, &c., 

 will require to be strapped down firmly by straps of paper. In 

 mounting such as these, first lay the plant on the paper, and 

 mark with a pencil at those points where the straps will be most 

 needed, and then make a slit in the paper at each mark, just wide 

 enough to admit your paper straps ; then lay the plant down, and pass 

 the straps over the branches at the points corresponding with your 

 pencil marks, and bring the ends of the straps through the paper to 

 the back, and there fasten them down with cement : this method 

 renders the specimens exceedingly neat in appearance, and secures 

 them firmly to the paper. Some which have pliable and flat leaves, 

 as dead nettle, ivy, &c., may be glued down close, without either straps 

 or stitches. The next thing will be to label them : let this be done 

 neatly, and with great care that the labelling is correct. If you are 

 acquainted with both the Linnsean and the Natural System, it will 

 be well to register the plant under both the methods of classification. 

 At the top of the paper, and in the centre, a consecutive number 

 should be written, indicating the number of the plant in your collec- 

 tion, and having no reference to its botanical character. On one side, 

 at the top, you will write the class and order of the plant according 

 to the Natural System, and on the other side the class and order in 

 the Linnsean arrangement. At the bottom on the right hand side, you 

 will write the name of the plant in English and in LatiT], the name of 

 the place from whence it was obtained, and the date when collected; 

 for example : — 



(No. 87.) 

 Natural System. Likn^an System. 



Class — Exogenae. 

 Sub-Class— Monopetalse 

 Order — Compcsitaceas 

 (Several flowers united in 



one receptacle.) 

 Genus — Leontodon. 



Class — Syngenesia. 

 Order— Polygamia jEqualis. 

 (All the florets furnished 

 with stamens and pistils. J 



Leontodon Taraxacum. 

 Dandelion. 



Cheshunt, Herts, 

 March, 1842. 



