CHAPTER II. 
LABELLING AND MOUNTING SPECIMENS. 
Ir is on these two points, labelling and mounting, that 
much of the instructiveness of a museum or collection de- 
pends. ‘The labelling conveys the information regarding 
the specimen, while the mounting places the specimen in the 
best position for observation and study. 
LABELLING. 
The labels used should, in size, be in proportion not only 
to the size and prominence of the specimen, but also in re- 
lation to the amount of information to be conveyed. It is 
best to have but few sizes and to have a certain amount of 
regularity in the labels employed. ‘The most useful size is 
one inch by two and one-half inches, but larger and smaller 
ones must be occasionally used and the sizes of these must be 
selected by those in charge of the collections. The smallest, 
except those for insects, should measure not less than one- 
half by one and one-half inches. For insects a label of one- 
half by three-fourths of an inch is very useful. ‘The labels 
of whatever size employed should be as plain as possible and 
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