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BOTANY. 



[Sect. XII. 



2. Flowers whicli are tery large or particularly fleshy, 



MS Siccus. These should 

 ligneous acid. Among 

 ed are, for instance, the 

 Water-lilv, from the still 



tromca 



kinds 



3. Entire plants, or parts of them. Many have a very 

 fleshy nature, and must be preserved whole in alcohol, or 

 portions of the stem and branches, according to their ^ize, 

 with flower and fruit ; such are the rare kinds of Stapelias, 



Mesemhryanthemr 



oft Pa 



Orchidacew, Misseltoe, Raffies\ 

 Cactus^ Aphyteia, Balanopfiora, i 



of a similar ^ort. 



4. Trunks of tree^, portions and sections, particularly 



when they exhibit any remarkable structure, as Palms, 



otlier monocot yl edonous 



and many 

 ZamiaSj Q 

 play their union with the tre 



plants. 



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grow, 



5. 



J'Foods. Specimens of the kinds used in commerce, 

 for veneering, cabinet-work, or other useful purposes : or 

 such as recommend themselves by their beauty, hardness, 

 or any other valuable quality. Specimens of wood should 

 be truncheons, five or six inches long, and of such diameter 



as the plant allows. G 



it is advisable that 



(and fruit, 



t) 



proof of the precise tree or plant from which the latter 



IS 



6. Gums and resins^ eminently those employed in the 

 arts or in domestic economy* 





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