CONTENTS. 



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A. Recent plants 5 



Introduction 5 



I. List of implements and appliances for collecting 5 



Portfolio 6 



Botanizing case (vasculnra) 7 



Pocket-knife 8 



Trowel 8 



Dredge 8 



Gloves 9 



Plant press 9 



Driers _. 10 



Thin papers 10 



Papers for dried plants 10 



Note book 10 



II. Directions for collecting plants H 



1. Phanerogams and vascular Cryptogams 11 



Cactacese 18 



2. Cryptogamous plants [cellular] 20 



Mosses and liverworts 20 



Mosses 20 



Liverworts 21 



Lichens 21 



Algae , 22 



Fresh water 22 



Marine 22 



Fungi 24 



Saprophytic fungi 24 



Parasitic fungi 24 



3. Preservation of plants in alcohol 27 



III. Preparing plants for the Herbarium : 30 



Care of dried plants 30 



Poisoning plants 31 



Making a Herbarium 32 



Preparing Cryptogams for the Herbari u ui 38 



Care of duplicates 39 



B. Fossil plants 41 



I. Implements for collecting 41 



Hammer 41 



Pick and shovel 42 



Iron bar 42 



Chisels 42 



Explosives 42 



Collecting bag 42 



Wrapping paper 43 



Field labels 43 



Notebook 44 



II. Wrapping and packing specimens for shipment 44 



III. Collecting fossil plants 44 



IV. Care of specimens in the laboratory 45 



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