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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



within the earth. To have given them an agreeable structure would 

 have been to hide a light under a measure. Trees and all great 

 plants can only be had by small specimens, but then the specimens 

 should be well chosen, and such as contain all the constituent parts 

 of the genus and species necessary to know and determine the plant 



from whence it is taken. It is not sufficient that all the parts of 

 the fructification are distinguishable, though these would be enough 

 to distinguish the genus ; the characters of the foliage and ramifi- 

 cation must be sufficiently visible to determine the species of the 

 said genus, which are nearly alike in flower and fruit. If the 

 branches be too thick, they may be made thinner by cutting them 

 nicely with a sharp knife underneath, as much as may be without 

 cutting and mutilating the leaves. 



When the leaves and flowers do not come out at the same time, 

 or grow too far distant from each other, take a little branch in 

 flower and another in leaf, and place them close together in the 

 herbarium. Tou thus have before you different parts of the same 

 plant sufficient to give a complete knowledge of it. As to plants 

 where leaves only are to be found, the flower being past or not yet 

 come, you must patiently wait till they show themselves in order to 



