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INDEX. 



OSC 



Diatomaceae, filamentous, 13, 



34; fossil, 12, 13; free, 14; 



frondose, 14, 34; parasitic, 



13; stipitate, 14, 30 

 Digger, useful form of, 158 



note. 

 Dry rot, 116 

 Drying paper, 161 



ENVELOPE to hold Diatoms, 

 &c. 34 

 Equisetacese, 157 



FERNS and flowering plants, 

 154 ; implements for col- 

 lecting, 158 ; to examine, 172 ; 

 to prepare, 161 



Front and side views of a' Dia- 

 tom, 38 



Fungi, best season for collecting, 

 116; characteristics of, 123, 

 126; implements for collect- 

 ing, 117; to collect spores, 

 129; to draw, 129; to pre- 

 serve, 122; where found, 115 



Fungi, brand, 116; bunt, 122; 

 dry rot, 116; mildew, 121; 

 mould, 116; muscardine, 116, 

 122; parasitical on flies, 116, 

 122; on gold fish, 122; on 

 insects, 116; on plants, 117; 

 on the silkworm, 122; smut, 

 116, 121 



GERSTENBERGER'S method 

 of cleaning and propagating 

 Diatoms, 25 

 G-um arabic, to be poisoned before 

 using, 179 note ; to fix Diatoms 

 with, 29 



H 



ANTZSCH'S 



fluid, 54 



preservative 



Herbarium, its object, 174; to 

 form, 174; to number and 

 catalogue, 189 ; to preserve, 

 190, 194 



T 



NCINERATION, 43 



LABEL, form of, 185, 186 

 Labelling of specimens, 

 180 

 Laminarise, to preserve, 100 

 Lichens, characteristics of, 132 ; 

 to collect, 134; to prepare, 

 134; where found, 133 

 Lime in Algse, &c, to be got rid 

 of, 75, 84, 102, 113 



MILDEW, 121 

 Mosses and their allies, 

 characteristics of, 139, 142, 

 150; fructification of, 142, 

 145 ; implements for collect- 

 ing, 141 ; to prepare, 145 ; to 

 preserve, 150 ; where found, 

 139 



Mould, 116 



Munro's method of cleaning Dia- 

 toms, 25 



Muriatic acid, to clean Diatoms 

 with, 18 



Muscardine of the silkworm, 116, 

 122 



NITRIC acid, to clean Diatoms 

 with, 18, 49 



OKEDEN'S method of cleaning 

 Diatoms, 25 

 Oscillatorise, characteristics of. 

 76 ; colours of, 76 ; meaning 

 of the name, 76 ; to prepare, 

 77 ; to separate Diatoms from, 

 17; where found, 76 



