NOTE, 



(Seeps^ 13, vol, i.) 



A METHOD lias since b€>eii mentioned to mc, by wliich the 

 eo^ttrt 0t^^ dowers of plants m© well preserved- Tlie pro- 

 cess was ^MiS!— -The paper being first lieatud before the 

 fire, or ill an oven, the plant recently gatiiered is placed 

 betw eeu the Iiot sheets, and pressed. It is requisite, how- 

 ever, thflt tite pdp^9 In tbe sMie lyated 8tat6> hevexmf&5. 

 lit interval^, im account of the expressed juices from the 

 stalks and leaves fermenting, wJiich might otlierwise injure 

 the plants. 



There is also a metliod of preserving plants in flower^ by 

 wMdh ttieit ttatnriil f<>nn} as well colours, can be preserved. 

 It^stslsts in placing tlie plant in a jar, and pouring fine sand 



njKsii it. until (lie \\lic,)!f |>li)iit is cowrutl : it i.s then to be 

 plueed, still kept in the Jar, into an oven ; after which, being 



tg3sm <mtf m^i^mid removed} the^Iant is found preserved 

 both in its form and colotir* 



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