80 PREPARATION AND MOUNTING 



with turpentine as before mentioned, and thus giving them every 

 chance of adherence ; or by using the balsam with chloroform, as 

 before noticed. These scales are much more abundant than was 

 formerly supposed, and daily new specimens are discovered ; so 

 that the student should always be on the look-out for them in his 

 researches in the vegetable world. 



Most classes of objects, and the treatment they require when 

 mounting them in balsam, have now been considered. The next 

 chapter will be devoted to the preservative liquids, and the best 

 methods of using them. 



