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October 3 ij 1908. the gardening world. 
Photography for Garden hovers. 
By the Rev. F. C. Lambert, M.A,, F.R.P.S. 
685 
(Continued from -page 661.) 
VII.—VARIOUS METHODS OF 
Now, I dare say, it may strike some of 
y readers as rather curious, if not illo- 
:al, that I have deferred saying any- 
ing about this matter until now, and 
deed some may wonder what there is to 
y beyond “Put them in a flower vase.” 
But, from a twenty years’ experience, I 
HOLDING THE SPECIMENS. 
reader has learned to appreciate the im¬ 
portance of dealing carefully with one or 
perhaps two specimens at a time. The 
problem is not only how to hold them, 
but how to hold them at the right angle. 
A very useful form of holder, not only for 
photography, but also for table decoration 
Fig. 3 . 
in use. The specimen has a thin wiry 
stalk, I therefore wrap the end of the 
stalk with a strip of blotting paper until 
it just fits the mouth of the tube. This 
holds it firmly. But if the specimen is at 
all heavy or very lop-sided, it will be 
necessary to make the foot of the glass 
heavy. This we can very easily do by 
folding round the lower part of the tube 
a strip of sheet lead, shown in B, Fig. 1. 
Such a strip of metal is again shown at 
C. This may' conveniently be about an 
inch wide, and perhaps six inches long, 
and of thickness about that of a new 
penny piece. It is so soft that it can be 
put on and taken off in a moment. In 
cases when one wants to group two or 
more specimens in the same picture these 
lead weighted test tubes will be found very 7 
convenient. 
Another use for these strips of sheet 
lead is shown in Fig. 2, F. A piece is 
bent in the shape shown in E (this is not 
Fig. 4 . 
-when small delicate single specimens are 
in use, is the test tube on glass foot. These 
are obtainable from dealers in chemical 
apparatus (such as Baird and Tatlock, 
Cross Street, Hatton Garden, Torvnson 
and Mercer, Bishopsgate Street, E.C., 
Hopkins and Williams, Cross Street, Hat¬ 
ton Garden, E.C.). They are made in 
various sizes. The size I find most useful 
is about 5 in. high, and the tube is a little 
over half an inch wide. As far as I re¬ 
member, the price is about a shilling a 
dozen. In Fig. 1 (A) we see such a glass 
n say that practically every beginner 
akes pretty much the same mistakes, 
ir instance, he gathers a handful of dif- 
rent blooms or subjects, stuffs them all 
to a vase, and as often as not selects a 
ghly ornamental vase—which makes 
atters still worse. It is only after hav- 
g made these or similar mistakes that 
is ready to appreciate hints from others 
10 have travelled the same road before 
m and learned various little dodges by 
perience. 
For the moment I shall assume that the 
Fig. 2. 
