Notes on Museum-Methods in use at the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 
BY 
ig ge Pee Be ee See BS 
ASSISTANT IN THE MUSEUM. 
With Plate ITI. 
CONTENTS. 
INTRODUCTORY, 
PRESERVING, 
I. General, 
II. Methods, tas 
A. In Liquid media— 
1. Alcoholic solutions, 
a. Alcohol go per cen 
I. For ea scacoains: 
II. For woody objects, 
III. For succulent objects, ... 
6, Alcohol 50-80 per cent., 
c. Alcohol and glycerine, 
@. Synthol, ¥ 
oR aur solutions— 
r 
I. For + feet of ohare 
II. For retention of form, ... 
III. Methods, 
IV. In the field, 
6. Boric acid, 
¢. Camphor-water, 
@. Salicylic acid, _ 
é. Fluorides of sodium, ... 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin,, No. V, 1901.] 
