.very moss specimen should be wrapped up in paper as gathered, 
and on arrival at home should be properly cleaned, washed, and 
pressed. That mosses should be washed and pressed seem to be 
points which quite escape the beginner, although after a time — 
as, tor example, is of course the case with all the members of the 
parent society—the necessity and advisibility of so doing become 
fully recognized. 
E. Chas. Horrell, 
lion. Sec. of the Beginners’ Section. 
49, Danby Street, Peckham, 
London, S.E. 
