XIV TO TEACHEKS. 



to correspond ; collect, dry, and prepare, as already directed, a number of 

 specimens and attach labels to tliem, numbered 1, 2, 3, etc., and send 

 them in a secure package (a light wooden box of the size of your driers 

 is the best) to your correspondent, who will return you the generic and 

 specific names of numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., which you can write on your own 

 labels of the corresponding numbers. 



N. B. — Having named your plants, take your Flora and study the char- 

 acters of the Order, Genus, and Species of each plant, and you will soon 

 be independent of all assistance except such as you will be able to get 

 from your books. 



