CHAPTER V 



GATHERING WILD FLOWERS 



Use of basket or collecting case Choosing a specimen for 

 preservation Wanton and destructive gathering 

 Only a few of each species to be picked. 



THERE is an art in picking flowers as there is 

 in the doing of most other things; and if 

 plants are to look dainty and natural when 

 mounted they must be gathered in the right 

 way. 



Never carry them in your hands if you can 

 avoid this, for wild flowers wither so quickly 

 and their leaves and stems are in danger of 

 being crushed. A collecting case or a basket 

 should be used instead (see p. 27), and the 

 plants must not be too much crowded in this 

 or they will be damaged. Plants keep better, 

 however, in a case moderately well filled, than 

 in a nearly empty one. 



When choosing specimens for preservation, 

 remember the size of your mounts. It is far 



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