THE BOTANICAL OUTFIT 27 



18. Gummed Paper or Surgeon's Silk Isin- 



glass Plaster. 



19. Labels. 



20. Pair of Forceps. 



21. Case or Boxes for storing mounted 



plants. 



22. Moth-balls. 



This seems a long list, but Nos. 5 and 6 are 

 the only necessarily expensive items. Most 

 people already possess Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 14 and 

 22; Nos. 9, 11, 21 and even 12 may be manu- 

 factured at home, and the rest can be secured 

 for a moderate sum. After the initial outlay, 

 the working expenses of this study are very 

 small. 



1. The Basket or Collecting Case. Collect- 

 ing cases or "vasculums" are used by most 

 botanists. These are tin boxes in the form of 

 a slightly flattened cylinder and with a hinged 

 cover opening along the entire length; and 

 there is nothing better for their purpose. The 

 secret of keeping plants fresh lies in keeping 

 them from the air; and' these tin boxes are 

 practically air-tight. The Bausch & Lomb 

 Optical Co. of Rochester, K 'Y., sell a very 



