WORK FOE THE WINTER HOLIDAYS 



119 



nucleus of a museum, at school or at home, is very quickly and 

 cheaply obtained. 



It is perhaps well to emphasize the fact that a jumble of assorted 

 or unassorted curiosities, with meagre labels or none at all, is not to 

 be looked upon as a museum in the modern meaning of the word. 

 Nothing should be displayed without a definite purpose. In a 



A LIFE HISTORY OF THE LACKEY MOTH. 



TENT-MAKING CATERPILLARS. 



From a photograph by Wilfred Mark Webb. 



FIGURE 114. Museum Specimens and Labels. 



nature-study section, everything should have a suggestive educa- 

 tional value, or be useful as a means of identifying such objects 

 as are likely to be met with in its neighbourhood. 



It is not advisable to stick down any specimen unless it can be 

 easily replaced. Such things as fruits can be sewn to a card upon 

 which the necessary labels are gummed. This in turn may be fastened 



