LXXII OUTLINES OF BOTANY. 
closing, and another for slinging on the shoulder, and containing a few 
sheets of stout coarse paper, is better than the old- sag oon tin box 
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as gathered are placed between the of paper, and may i ofits 
together if not left long without sorting. 
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cc fresh, but dried for future Se etaiticn, note should be taken of 
the oe place, and situation in which it Ww as ciarientae of the. stature, 
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or which may be lost in the process of drying. These memoranda, whether 
taken down in the field, or from the living specimen when brought es 
should be written on a label attached to the specimen or preserved with i 
230. ee dry specime they are laid flat between several sheets a 
bibulou 8 paper, and subjected to pressure. The paper is subsequently 
decd at in salle until they are dry. 
231. In laying out the specimen, care should be taken to preserve the 
natural nee. of me parts as far as Siping with the laying y ae In 
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it will require more care in laying the ne a! and giving the parts 
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Side ae me _specitnen | is ve ushy, some — must be thinned 
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i If the specimen be succulent or tenacious of life, such as a Sedum 
an Orchis, it may be dipped in boiling water all but the 
it to be dri 
boiling water is also useful in the case of Heaths and other plants which 
are apt to shed their leaves during the ca cess of drying. 
234. Plants with very delicate corollas may be placed between single 
leaves of very thin u ie eae eee. _ shifting these plants into 
dry paper the tissue-paper is not be removed, but lifted with its 
contents on to aper. 
5. The number of sheets of paper to be placed between each specimen 
or sheet of ar: will depend, on the one hand, on the thickness 
= plants will dry. € paper ought to be coarse, stout, and unsized. 
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vare must be taken that the pa per r used is well-dried, If it be 
likewise hot, ‘all the better; but it must then be very dry; and wet plants 
