HINTS ON OUTFIT AND EXPENSES. 375 



a tree or shrub should be about a foot to eighteen 

 inches long. Every specimen should have flowers 

 and leaves, and if possible fruit as well. I think 

 one should take specimens of everything that one 

 sees. The common tropical weeds are usually 

 found on waste ground and on cultivated plots, 

 but if one does not examine such places carefully 

 many plants of great interest are sure to be 

 missed. The following would be a fair and not 

 too extensive outfit : — 



£ s. d. 



Botanical paper (West, Newman & 



Co.) 



> 







half a ream"' 





. 



15 







4 Wire frames on German model 





. 1 











2 Pruning shears 





. 



8 







1 Knife 





. 



2 



6 



1 Vasculum or indiarubber bag... 





. 



7 



6 



1 Lens 





. 



7 



6 



1,000 Labels 





. 



5 



6 



Naphthaline, 2 lbs 





. 



2 









£3 



8 







The wire frames alluded to are not, so far as I 

 know, kept in stock in England, but they can be 

 easily made by a village blacksmith. The outline 

 is of hoop iron, about one-sixth to one-fourth of 

 an inch thick and half an inch wide, and the wires 

 are best arranged to cross at right angles. Four 

 small chains are attached to one of each pair, and 



* The brown paper and frames which are recommended at 

 Kew I find entirely unsuitable. 



