38 BOTANICAL BOOKS AND COLLECTIONS. 



the generic name in the right-hand lower corner ; the Genera 

 in their turn should be included in another cover, bearing 

 the name of the Natural Order to which they belong. The 

 Orders may then be arranged after some such recognised list 

 as the London Catalogue (Bell and Sons, price 6d.), and placed 

 in a box or cabinet having many shelves to prevent undue 

 pressure. 



A systematic arrangement, insuring easy consultation, is 

 necessary if the collection is intended for practical reference, 

 and not for a melancholy spectacle of faded beauty ; for it is 

 impossible to prevent certain colours from changing, though 

 careful selection and drying will do much to save disappoint- 

 ment, and to maintain at least some traces of Nature's 

 loveliness. 



