CABINET DEAWEKS AND PINS. 289 



In view of the almost impossibility of keeping dust out of even 

 tlie best-made cabinet drawers, if made on the top-lifting system, 

 and also to do away with the screws, I have devised what I call 

 the " dust-proof cabinet drawer." The glass is " beaded " and 

 puttied in as a fixture on the top of the drawer, either from the 

 inside or out. At the usual distance from the glass, to clear 

 the pins, a strip is fixed all around the frame of the drawer. 

 Below tbis, at a depth settled by the thickness of the bottom, a 

 groove runs all around, except at the back, which is cut out up to 

 the bottom edge of the groove. The bottom, when corked and 

 papered, fits inside the frame, " butting " up to the strip which 

 clips it all around to about the width of ^in. A false bottom 

 now slides in the groove below, and fastens with a catch, 

 making all perfectly secure and altogether dust proof. If well 

 made, this drawer is easy to open, as, directly the false bottom is 

 removed the inner one slips down and is found on the table 

 when the upper part is lifted off. The only thing to be said 

 against this drawer is that the fronts show a little deeper than 

 usual to allow for the extra bottom. 



A modification of this is a closely glazed cabinet drawer, with 

 a false corked bottom, loosely held down by a slip afiixed to each 

 side of the drawer, and sliding out from the hack; managed by 

 hinging the back piece or fixing it by brass eyes and hooks. 

 Note, that all loose flaps to drawers or door-frames, in best 

 cabinet-work, should be worked and fitted by "Dust-joint'" 

 planes. This reduces risk and dust to a minimum. 



Pins. — The pins used are those called entomological, and are 

 made in various sizes to suit various insects. An insect should 

 be pinned with one of these exactly in the centre of the back, 

 running through truly to the underneath, slanting, however, a 

 little downward toward the body, thus throwing the pin's head 

 a little forward, but exactly in a line with the longest axis of 

 the body. These are specially made by one or two firms only. 

 Messrs. D. F. Tayler and Co., of Birmingham, issue a sample 

 card, the most useful sizes of which are IsTo. 11 (at 6d. per oz.) 

 for the hawk moths, ISTo. 13 (at 6d. per oz.) for smaller moths 

 and butterflies, and No. 7 (at 2s. 6d. per oz.) for small moths, and 

 such butterflies as the " Blues." I have, of late, almost confined 

 myself to No. 2 (at 2s. per oz.), a long fine pin, useful for many 



