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a drop front which allows you to draw out the 

 specimens when wanted instead of lifting them 

 out, and to take out any particular plant you 

 may wish to examine without disturbing the 

 rest. Such boxes, holding about 100 mounted 

 specimens, may be bought ready-made from the 

 Cambridge Botanical Supply Co. for 80 cents 

 each. Very serviceable ones may be made at 

 home from the folding boxes in which suits are 

 sent out by clothing stores. These are about 

 the right width and height; if too long, they 

 can be cut down. Strengthen the corners by 

 gluing on strips of book-cloth or the stout cloth 

 used for lining trunks and dress-suit cases, cut 

 down through the corners at one end for the 

 drop front (the cover, when on, will hold it in 

 place), put on an extra strip of cloth to rein- 

 force the hinge, and you have a box which will 

 last a considerable time if not roughly handled. 



Name-cards should be pasted on the end of 

 each box to show what it contains. New ones 

 will have to be written and pasted on from time 

 to time, for a growing collection requires occa- 

 sional rearrangement. 



Specimens may, of course, be kept in 



