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fall off. Try to get examples of such differences as 

 these, but if you cannot, make a note of them, so that 

 when you have dried the plants and placed them in 

 your collection you can write it down there. Note 

 also the place where you found the plant, with the 

 day of the month and year. You will often have to 

 write a note describing the kind of root a plant has, 

 as many of them are too thick to put in a collection. 



When you get home you will dry your specimens 

 between sheets of thickish paper, which will absorb 

 their moisture. Then be careful how you lay them 

 out. Turn one of the leaves so as to show the under 

 side of it. Arrange the flowers so as to show as much 

 of the petals, stamens, and pistil as you can, but turn 

 one of them face downwards on the paper so as to 

 show the calyx. 



With these exceptions, place the plant on the paper 

 as naturally as possible, so that you may keep before 

 your eye its natural shape and manner of growth. 

 Place plenty of paper between each plant, especially 

 between those which have much sap in them. Do not 

 put every plant in the centre of the sheet on which 

 you dry it, but try and arrange so that when 

 you have a pile of drying plants it may not bulge out 

 in the middle, but be as level as possible. Then put 

 boards above and below, and a good heavy weight 

 on the top. You should look the plants through 

 at least once a day, and change all paper that 

 has become damp. When the plants are quite dry, 

 you will place them upon sheets of rather thick paper 



