346 _ The Botanical Gazette. [August, 
plants for pasting, and a bit of stiff cardboard a foot in length 
and one-half an inch or so in width. I also have close by 
a small paper box divided into compartments and filled with 
slips of gummed paper of various sizes. My glue-pot, for 
suggestions in regard to which I am indebted to Mr. M. S. 
Bebb, is a marmalade jar, about which I have twisted a piece 
of stiff wire, raising the end some two inches above the edge, 
and making a loop at the end against which to lean the brush 
when it is not in use. I have also stretched a bit of wire 
across the top to take off some of the glue when there is too 
much onthe brush. The brush is a common pasting-brush, 
about an inch wide at the bottom, andthin. This will do the 
most delicate work. The glue-pot, with the brush 
resting in it, is represented in the accompanying 
cut. I have put a tack half way in, on the handle 
of the brush near the top. This catches on the 
wire when I rest the brush on the pot, with the 
» handle in the loop and the bristles on the cross- 
}\ Wire, and prevents the brush from slipping. As I 
rest the brush in this way every 
few seconds when mounting, 
this is of great service. 
To the right of my chair on 
a small rest is a good pile of 
driers. To the left of my chair, 
out of the way of the mount- 
ing-box, is a rest on which is 4 
board to receive the mounted 
plants, as will be explained 
hereafter. I also have ready on 
‘= the table a piece of rather stiff 
white paper, some five by three inches, to use when putting on 
the labels. From my bottle or jar of fish-glue I pour half an inch 
or less into the glue-pot, and then add water, stirring it up with 
my brush, till it is of the right consistency. I want the glue to 
drip off the brush when I lift it up, but not toofreely. Exper- 
lence is the best guide. Now I don my apron, so that I can wipe 
my fingers on it at any moment, draw my chair up to the 
table, and I am ready for work. 
I lift the top sheet from the box, and lay it on the driers 
before me. ill i i 
