6 Trees, Stars, and Birds 



but you will find strips of gummed paper or linen more 

 satisfactory for this purpose. These may be purchased 

 from a botanical supply house or possibly at a printing 

 office or stationer's. A neat label may be attached 

 to the sheet. It should give the name of the tree, 

 the place where it grows, the date when the specimen 

 was collected, and the collector's name. Do not mount 

 leaves from more than one kind of tree on the same sheet, 

 as that would interfere with a systematic arrangement 

 of the specimens. If the bark of the tree is peculiar 

 and a thin piece can easily be obtained, attach it to the 

 same sheet as the leaves. 



All the sheets of closely related specimens, e.g., the 

 different kinds of maples or oaks, should be placed 

 together in a folder made of a larger sheet of strong 

 manila paper, or a large-paged blank book may be used 

 for mounting the specimens. A bookbinder will prepare 

 suitable books at a small cost for each pupil, if enough 

 of them can be ordered at one time ; it is best to have 

 the sheets removable, so as to make possible the inser- 

 tion of specimens in their proper order. If a suitable 

 book cannot be obtained, a pasteboard box may be 

 used to hold the sheets, or they may be perforated and 

 fastened together in book form by tying them with a 

 shoestring or ribbons. 



Fruit collections. The term " fruit " as used in botany 

 means the part of the plant that contains the seed. It 

 may be fleshy or dry, edible or quite unfit for food. From 

 what part of the blossom does it develop ? Frequently a 

 tree can be most easily identified by its fruit, and when 

 possible specimens of the fruit should be collected with 



