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there exists in the collection a good illustration of the specimen 
in question so that steps may be taken to fill the gaps as col- 
lections are brought in. It has been decided to is the follow- 
ing arrangement with our collection of ooh y fun 
1. Keep a set of colored drawings and p g a jent 
for se referen 
2. all other drawing? ae as ieee of oe paid 
etc. wi th 
Ww, 
set of hoteevaphs and colored drawings for “ihe herbaniaa 
wherever practicable. 
Not many years ago, I visited the late Hampus von Post, a 
pupil of Elias Fries, at his home in Upsala, and found a line of 
shelves around his entire office fill ith manuscript volumes 
containing paintings descriptions of Swedis ngl 
as the of Cook d Se make drawings of most 
of the fleshy fungi they found and to incorporate them in a series 
of drawings copied from all the illustrated works on fungi in their 
possession : 
CarE OF WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS 
Paintings of fungi in oil are not often seen. Water-color 
drawings cannot be worked over as much as those in oil but 
permanent on the market and even the best brands should be 
ested for several months in the glaring sun before they are used. 
The non-fadi b J ib lected d 1 1x ¢ 
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tner 
binati f L e, ft fay 
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a picture 
can easily be imagined, and, when © becomes’ kno oe some 
the colors used are unreliable, Ge feelings of the artist are 
ae but ea 
At the opening of the Simplon tunnel, I visited the little chapel 
Milan was contains Leonardo da Wi inci’s great masterpiece, 
“The Last Supper,” and after what I _ heard 
to find it a great disappointment. “It was painted on a wall, 
and the lime, as well as the weather, had greatly cee 
