The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Collecting and Preserving: Insects, continued. 



trough. The wings are held in place by strips of cardboard 

 pinned over them. Take care not to stick the pins through 

 the wings. In about two weeks the insects will be dry and stiff. 



Insects must be kept in tight boxes to keep other insects from 

 devouring them. Cigar-boxes are good. Tight boxes with glass 

 covers are generally used by collectors. Place sheets of cork in 

 the bottom of the box to receive the pins. If insects attack the 

 specimens, expose them in a tight box to vapors of bisulphide 

 of carbon (see p. 9) or benzine. 



Happy the man whose wish and care 



A few paternal acres bound, 

 Content to breathe his native air 

 In his own ground. 



Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, 



Whose flocks supply him with attire; 

 Whose trees in summer yield him shade, 

 In winter, fire. 



Blest, who can unconcern'dly find 



Hours, days and years slide soft away 

 In health of body, peace of mind, 

 Quiet by day. 



—Pope. 



