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vertically, each can, as a rule, be a full inch or more in width, and 

 may be arranged to contain a vast amount of information, and that of 

 great importance. By horizontal labelling, too, the name of the 

 object can be readily seen while upon the stage of the Microscope ; a 

 consummation usually accompanied with considerable chance of neck 

 dislocation, should the slide be labelled in the orthodox manner. 



As an experiment for his own cabinet, he recently designed some 

 labels of this description, and has found them to answer very satis- 

 factorily. 



The kingdom, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, heads the 

 top of the left-hand label in bold letters, the labels for animal king- 

 dom being further immediately distinguished by red type, the 

 vegetable by green, and the inorganic by black type. Below the 

 heading, follow in consecutive lines the sub-kingdom, class, order, 

 family, genus and species, a blank line being left for the English or 

 conventional name. 



The corresponding label on the right hand gives desirable 

 information respecting the mode of mounting and of viewing the 

 object, naming the part mounted, the medium in which it is mounted, 

 the name of mounter, date, and power required, and other details, 

 concluding with the name of owner, as a correspondiag finish to the 

 " kingdom " on the other label. 



The amount of information thus conveyed is most valuable, and 

 though necessitating some expenditure of time and research, on the 

 part of the beginner at any rate, the knowledge recorded is stored up, 

 not only in the mind, but upon the slide. As an example, from the 

 animal kingdom, we have, say, a slide of the wood ant. 



Another from the vegetable kingdom, a section of the female 

 flowers of the yew. 



It is a decided advantage to have the labels printed in sheets, 

 with (say) eight or a dozen pairs of labels on each, as being more easy 



