. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [8] delicate specimens that might be injured by other phmts in the large compartment. Plants collected in a box of this kind will remain perfectly fresh for a considerable time and may then be examined to much better advan- tage than if preserved in a portfolio, where they will unavoidably be more or less crushed. " The box requires less time to open, is more manageable in windy weather, j)reserves the plants fresh for examination at home, and is especially serviceable when some time must elap
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BULLETIN 39, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. [8] delicate specimens that might be injured by other phmts in the large compartment. Plants collected in a box of this kind will remain perfectly fresh for a considerable time and may then be examined to much better advan- tage than if preserved in a portfolio, where they will unavoidably be more or less crushed. " The box requires less time to open, is more manageable in windy weather, j)reserves the plants fresh for examination at home, and is especially serviceable when some time must elapse before the plants can be placed in the ; (Gerald McCarthy in Botanical Gazette, XI, p. 134.) POCKET-KNIFE. The collector should always be provided with a strong pocket-knife, which is useful in a great variety of ways, such as cutting branches of trees, trimming specimens, removing fungi and lichens from the bark of trees, and even for digging up small j^lants. TROWEL. Some sort of a digging instrument will be found indispensable in taking up plants by the roots, or in securing rootstocks and other underground stems. The style of trowel used by gardeners is very good, and should be strong and not likely to be easily broken. An old flat file ground down and provided with a wooden handle is also very serviceable. The trowel may be conveniently carried in a leather sheath attached to the belt or fastened by some sim-. FiG. 2—Trowel. pie device to the portfolio. DEEDaE. It is often very desirable to have some sort of an implement that may be used in securing water plants that can not be reached with the hands. For this purpose a dredge made as follows is recommended: An iron rod five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter and about J 2 inches long, bent to form a small ring at one end, passes through and carries below its center a disk of lead about 3 inches in diameter. This disk hfflds embedded in it 12 to 14 iron hooks all bent toward the same side. The hooks project
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