WEST, NEWMAN d CO., 54, HATTON GARDEN. 



HINTS on COLLECTING & PRESERVING 



PLANTS. BY STANLEY GUITON. Chapters on 

 Collecting and Equipment, Drying, Preserving and 

 Arranging, Mounting, &c. Fully illustrated. Crown 

 8vo, 64 pp. Price Is. net. Postage 2d. 



" This admirable little book gives something more than 

 mere hints, being really a full instruction book, giving in 

 every necessary detail the means and methods to be adopted 

 in collecting botanical specimens. . . . With such a wealth 

 of information and advice to be had for one shilling, there 

 is no excuse for miserable examples." Nature Study. 



" Useful to schools, or classes, field-naturalists' clubs, or 

 to anyone interested in the collection of specimens of our 

 native fiora, or who wishes to prepare and bring or send 

 home specimens from abroad." The Field. 



" A neat little shilling volume. The young botanist ivlio 

 follows out all the author's suggestions . . . will turn out 

 good specimens. . . Distinctly useful, and the worker ivill 

 very soon modify its elaborate recommendations in accord- 

 ance with practical experience." Journal of Botany. 



's Botanical Drying Paper. 



FOR DRYING FLOWERS, FERNS, SEAWEEDS, AND OTHER 

 SPECIMENS FOR THE HERBARIUM. 



Preserves Form and Colour, and seldom, if ever, 

 requires a change of sheets. Durable and economical. 

 Used by the Naturalists on board the Arctic ships, on 

 the * Challenger ' expedition, and at various public 

 Herbaria. 



" Combines in a very satisfactory manner the merits of a high 

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 drying plants, it is the best paper that can begot." Nature. 



By far the best paper for drying specimens and plants." - 

 The late Prof. Babington. 



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