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obtained from Kilner Bros., Great Northern Goods Station, King's Cross. 

 Price 11s. 6d. or 12s. 6d. a gross. See page 52. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



For glass topped boxes, see Appendix, page 149, Part I. 



In the interim report of the Committee of the British Association on the 

 preservation of plants for exhibition, Professor Errera calls the jars with 

 hollow stoppers in which dried plants are kept, "Flacons a peptone 

 Cornelis." He says they can be obtained from Vanderbought-Minne, rue 

 du Berger, Brussels. 



For pressing flowers, two boards held together by straps can be used, or better 

 still, wire frames filled in with lattice work and galvanised, should be em- 

 ployed. These can be held together in the same way, and as Professor 

 Trail points out in the report alluded to, they can easily be submitted to 

 artificial heat. Another hint given by him is, that plants which require 

 careful handling, or dissections should be placed between sheets of very 

 thin paper and then put between ordinary drying papers which are changed 

 as usual, the thin papers being left undisturbed. Ste page 60. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Syrup for feeding bees in the Autumn is made as follows : 



Boil 2 Ibs. of loaf sugar (beet sugar should be avoided) in a pint of water for ten 



minutes. Add a table-spoonful of vinegar to prevent crystallisation, and 



half a tea-spoonful of napthol beta as an antiseptic. 

 In Spring, especially in warm weather, thinner syrup is best, 1 J to 2 pints of 



water being used. See page 69. 

 E. J. Arnold & Sons, Leeds, sell preserved sets of specimens illustrating 



the life history of bees. Price 13s. 6d. See page 66. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Ants' nests can be obtained from E. J. Arnold & Sons, Leeds. Price 22s. 6d. 

 See page 74. 



