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beside a bright fire at the " Brown Bear." The papers were 

 all dried, the vasculum stood open before the fire till all was 

 done, and then the whole were packed again for transit home, 

 and when taken ont two days afterwards, they were all found to 

 be in the best possible condition. The fungi were packed in 

 moss in baskets, and with them the Tarious tufts of roots 

 reserved for cultivation. 



My botanical peregrinations have this season been rendered 



TASCTJLTJM SOB PLANTS. 



more enjoyable through the adoption of a new species of vascu- 

 lum. It is a sort of expanding portfolio, containing five leaves 

 of cardboard, bound at the edges with leather. The outer 

 case is of stout board covered with Russia leather, with a 

 flexible leather flap to close the front with lock and key. At 

 the back there are straps and buckles to contract or expand as 

 needful. At starting I fill the case with white blotting-paper, 

 several thicknesses between the cards, and as soon as a speci- 



