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BACTERIA IX Ria.ATIOX TO PLANT DISEASES. 





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The following transcripts from actnal records will serve to illustrate the 

 method ffigs. 98 and 99). As fast as the notes are completed they are filed away in 

 boxes or large envelopes nntil the whole subject has been worked over, when they 

 are sorted out according to their various snb-heads, and all the data which they 



contain is thus easily available. 

 The writer also uses a sten- 

 ographer whenever possible, 

 and the typewritten sheets, 

 after immediate careful scru- 

 tinv for errors of fact, are filed 

 awa}' in stout Manila envel- 

 opes with the name of the 

 parasite written on one corner; 

 16 by 12 inches is a good size 

 for the envelopes. 

 Card-catalogues should be made on the L. B. index slips, made and sold by the 

 I^ibrary Bureau, Boston, !Mass. Figure 100 is a sample from the writer's catalogue 

 b}- authors. A larger size should he selected if it is desired to include abstracts. 

 When long abstracts or considerable extracts are made from literature which has 

 been borrowed, or nia\- not be readily accessible in future, heav}- sheets (6/8 by 83 8 







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inches) have been used by the writer. These have headlines, as shown in fig. loi, 

 and are preserved b)- tying into co\'ers made for the purpose. A red line down the 

 left side of the sheet preserves a space for a marginal index. 



A serious objection to the making of many abstracts is the time involved and 

 the danger of degenerating into a mere student of literature in the effort to make a 

 complete catalogue; another is the fact that, if made in advance of actual need, or 



■'Fj(,, 100 — Sample from c.-Lrd-citalogiic. 'I'wo-tliir.Is .•ictual <r/x 



fFii,. loi. — To]] of lai'Kc slu-cl used for \olumiiiniis alislracls. A red line near lefl-liand mar- 

 ,L:in marks off ,a s]iare on wliicli siimm.ari/inR- catch-words or plir.iscs are wriUcn. Breadth of sheet, 

 (I'y inches. 



