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with a newspaper between every two folders. A board slightly 
larger than the folders, for example, 12x16, is placed on top of 
the pile and weighted by means of heavy pieces of rock. As the 
plants dry, the pile decreases in height, and the plants are pressed 
perfectly flat. The newspapers between the folders should be 
changed every day, for they absorb the moisture from the plants, 
and if not replaced daily by dry ones they cause the specimens 
to mold. When the plants are perfectly dry they may be glued 
to sheets of stiff white paper, using ordinary carpenter's or Le 
Page's glue. A convenient size of mounting paper is 11x16. 
Each sheet should contain, in the lower right-hand corner, a 
label giving the name of the plant, the locality in which it was 
found, the date of collecting, and the name of the collector. In 
this manner may be preserved interesting and valuable collec- 
tions of flowering plants, roadside weeds, garden flowers, and 
other forms of vegetable life. 
Seeds, nuts, fibers, bark, wood specimens, and other dry plant 
materials may be kept in small bottles, cardboard boxes, or ma- 
nila envelopes. 
Planting in the School Gardens. In Hawaii the schools are, 
in general, fairly well provided with land space, and there is 
room for setting out various plants suitable for nature-study 
work. This planting may be in the school garden, or may be for 
the additional purpose of enhancing the general beauty of the 
yard. 
School gardens in Hawaii are discussed in another bulletin of 
the Department of Botany and Horticulture, and that matter 
needs no repetition here. That such gardens can be successfully 
conducted by the schools of Hawaii was amply shown by the 
1907 contest. In 1907 the Evening Bulletin offered five prizes 
of twenty-five dollars each as a stimulus to agricultural work in 
the public schools. Some twenty-five schools, representing 
pretty fairly the various conditions of soil and climate found in 
the Territory, entered the contest for these prizes, doing the work 
and making the necessary reports in the required form. The re- 
ports were under the following heads : condition of ground ; 
name of crop grown ; methods of cultivation ; watering, weeding, 
etc. ; amount of growth made ; weather conditions ; extermination 
of pests ; and general remarks. The pupils of each competing 
school reported progress weekly, and at the close of the season 
a tabulated report of work done and results obtained was ren- 
dered. The vegetables grown were selected from the following 
list : lettuce, onions, cabbage, beets, tomatoes, beans, egg-plants, 
carrots, cucumbers, turnips, melons, sweet potatoes, parsley, 
Japanese cabbage, and peppers. The competition was very satis- 
factory to all concerned. There are now in the Territory very 
few schools in which no serious attempt is being made to im- 
prove and beautify the grounds. 
