70 
FORMATION AND ARRANGING OF A HERBARIUM. 
be pinched off, and those side shoots also stopt at the fourth eye. 
In the middle of August, remove them to a house of fifty or fifty- 
five degrees, where they must receive plenty of air, light, and water, 
or else they will still be drawn, lose their leaves, and become un- 
sightly. They should continually be syringed with pure water, and 
sometimes with a weak solution of sulphur and tobacco, in order to 
keep down the ravages of the Aearus, which should not be allowed 
to make its appearance, as it will do, now they are brought into heat, 
if due care be not taken. Should they gain a head, all previous care 
will have been useless, and leafless, plants or yellow spotted leaves, 
will be the reward of all our pains, expense, and trouble. 
In the beginning of September, they should receive their last pot¬ 
ting, and if due attention has been paid them in respect to air and 
water, and the destruction of the spider, fine flowering plants, well 
clothed with green leaves, will be our reward. 
The S. involucrata, and S. pseudo-coccinia with some others, 
throw out small flowering stems from the main one, which, if they 
be pinched off as soon as the flower spike is perceived, will add 
strength to the side ones, and thus a fine head will be produced. 
I do not agree with Mr. Heacy, vol. I, page 732, in having the 
Salvia splendens in flower the whole year, as I consider varieties of 
colour and of form will look much more handsome and inviting. I 
beg to say, 1 quite acquiesce in the opinion of Mr. Bedell, vol. I, 
page 731, in the imposing effect of this Salvia being trained with a 
tall stem and fine large head, but I think they would appear to equal 
advantage in a conspicuous part of the conservatory. 
November 11, 1833. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
ARTICLE IX.—ON THE FORMATION AND ARRANGING OF A 
HERBARIUM.— By F. F. Asiiford. 
Having noticed that a correspondent “ J. K.” in Vol. 2, page 426, 
made enquiries respecting preparing specimens of plants for making 
a Volume, I sit down to write an answer, so far as my humble abili¬ 
ties will permit, at the same time soliciting other persons to offer 
their views on this interesting and useful topic. 
When the earth begins to put on its green robe, the trees to bud, 
and the flowers to open, we should look around for objects, which, in 
fact, are always to be found more or less at all seasons of the year, 
