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FIELD AND FOREST. 



serena, shell-bark, I 

 31, desperata, oak, and chestnut, 8 

 neogama, maple, 2 

 sbscura, shell-bark, 5 

 robinsoni, shell-bark, 1 

 innubens, old log, 1 

 paleogama, beech, 3 

 habilis, oak, 1 

 insolabilis, oak, 1 

 retacta, chestnut, 1 

 flebilis, oak, 1 



September. 



1, amatrix, willow, 1 

 4, desperata, oak, 1 



paleogama, beech, 1 



serena, shell-bark, 1 



uniguga, willovy, oak, 1 



retecta, oak, 1 



habilis, oak, 1 



flebilis, oak, 1 

 7, amatrix, willow, 4 

 10, amatrix, willow, 2 



cara, willow, 1 



13, amatrix, willow, 2 

 cara, willow, 1 

 parta, ash, 2 



18, amatrix, willow, 2 

 parta, willow, 2 

 uniguga, willow, 1 



19, desperata, oak and hickory, 5 

 flebilis, oak, 6 



amatrix, maple, 1 



paleogama, beech, I 

 21, amatrix, willow, 3 



uniguga, willow, 1 



parta, willow, I 

 24, amatrix, willow, 7 

 2'5, neogama, willow, I 

 29, amatrix, willow, 7 



parta, ash, 1 



October. 



2, amatrix, willow, 3 



parta, willow, 1 

 6, amatrix, willow, 1 



parta, willow, 1 

 TO, parta, willow, 1 



James S. Johnson, 



Museums. 



The following suggestions by a correspondent of Nature may pos- 

 sibly prove useful to directors of museums, most of the plans recom- 

 mended having been tried with success: 



It is very desirable that in all collections intended for public instruc- 

 tion manuscript labels should be abolished. The advantages of per- 

 fect legibility, uniform style, and an occasional change of cards far 

 0'itweight the cost of letter-press. A convenient hand-press costs 

 about jl. ; several fonts of type in quantity sufficient for museum pur- 

 poses, may be had for 5/. An assistant can be taught printing in a 

 few days ; I have at times engaged a printer's apprentice, paying 

 seven pence an hour for his services. 



The proper display of dissected preparations put up in spirit has 

 long been a serious trouble. Most dissections of small sizes can be 

 pinned out on wax. Young's Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Com- 

 pany, of West Calder, have lately prepared at my request, smooth 

 paraffin slabs, coloured deep blue, and cut to 12 in. by 6 in. These 



