If it is possible, I wish flowers fixed of all plants of the famil 
lies on my enclosed list, that grow in Your garden. If any of these 
genus Is represented in the garden of many species, I only wish 2-3 
fixed of each genus. 
Of all species I wish - if it is possible - all stages in the 
development of flowers and seeds(thus not to few flowers), I mean buds 
of all sizes, flowers and fruits of many sizes* however most of the 
fruits taken a few days(2-7) after the flowers have withered. 
Of all flowers I only use the ovaries. Before fixing,large petals 
eventually can be ta^en away, and if the wall of the older ovary is very 
hard, it can be ripped up or perhaps cut in to halves. Or a bit of the 
wall may be taken away. Of large fruits the seeds may be taken out and 
fixedsingle. All that in order to let the fixing-fluid into the ovary. 
The flowers (overies) pnt in a tube of glass and the fixing— 
-fluid filled upon them, 3-5 strffiuch fluid as flowers. I wish that 
Karpeschenkos fixative-fluiae may be used, either of Your own recipe 
or the following: 
Fluid 2 
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Fofcmalin (40$) 30 c.c. 
95$ alcohol 10 c.e. 
Destilled water 35-55 c.c. 
These two fluids can be kept in two bottles for an unlimited time 
By fixing, the same volume of fluide 1 and fluids 2 are mixed together 
and these mixture(=Karpescenkos fixing-fluide) is ready for use, to fill 
upon the flowers in the tubes. Then a bit of paper, on which the name o 
ofjthe flower is written with lead-pencil(not ink), will be put into the 
tube. The ovaries(flowers) can be treasured up for seceral months in tk 
this fluid. When several tubes are ready, they can be packed in care¬ 
fully and be send to me under adress docent Johan Mauritzon, Botaniska 
Laboratoriet, LOTD,Sweden 
Fluid 1 
Cromic acid (CrO^) 1 gr^. 
Acetic acid (100$) 10 c.c. 
Destilled watwr 63-35 c.c. 
