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LESSON VII. 



CUTTING, STAINING, AND MOUNTING VEGETABLE SECTIONS. 



PAGBS 



Bleaching Staining in borax carmine Haematoxylin Dalton 

 Smith's double stain M. J. Cole's double stain Staining 

 with eosin Staining hairs on leaves Treatment of fucus 

 and other algae Ovaries Flower buds Pollens Pharma- 

 cological specimens Powdered drugs Mounting in Canada 

 balsam - - - 168-175 



LESSON VIII. 



THE PREPARATION OF VEGETABLE TISSUES FOR MOUNTING IN 

 GLYCERINE JELLY, ACETATE OF COPPER SOLUTION, ETC. 



Annular vessels Scalariform vessels Spiral vessels Raphides 

 Starches Yeast Mycetozoa and fungi Preserving fluid 

 for green algae Protococcus Antheridia and archegonia of 

 mosses Fertile branch of chara Ferns Digestive glands 

 in pitcher plant Aleurone Marine algae Corallines - 176-185 



LESSON IX. 



CUTTING, GRINDING, AND MOUNTING SECTIONS OF HARD 

 TISSUES PREPARING METAL SPECIMENS. 



Bone Rock sections Metal specimens Etching Ferrite 



Cementite Pearlite ..... 185-189 



LESSON X. 



PREPARING AND MOUNTING ENTOMOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FOR THE 

 MICROSCOPE MR. ROUSSELET'S METHOD OF PRESERVING 

 ROTIFERA, ETC. 



Preparing whole insects for mounting with pressure in Canada 

 balsam Mounting insects in Canada balsam without 

 pressure To mount insects in glycerine without pressure 

 Method of preserving rotifera Killing, fixing, and mounting 

 Entomostraca ------ 189-200 



LESSON XI. 



CRYSTALS AND POLARISCOPE OBJECTS. 



Crystals Crystals of silver Starches Sections of starch-bearing 

 tissues Cuticles containing raphides Cuticles of leaves 

 Cotton, hemp, wool, silk, flax, etc. Scales of leaves Fish 



