. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 28 CIRCULAR NO. 126, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. addition, the amateur or professional collector ^\dll find a light pick * very serviceable in a rocky soil. This is about 10 inches long and constructed similar to a mattock, but with one end pointed like a pickax and weighing only about !{ pounds in addition to the handle. If the pick is made by a blacksmith, he should be instructed to forge the shank into which the handle is wedged not less than H inches in length. The collecting case.—For those who are collecting j)lants in the field two me
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 28 CIRCULAR NO. 126, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. addition, the amateur or professional collector ^\dll find a light pick * very serviceable in a rocky soil. This is about 10 inches long and constructed similar to a mattock, but with one end pointed like a pickax and weighing only about !{ pounds in addition to the handle. If the pick is made by a blacksmith, he should be instructed to forge the shank into which the handle is wedged not less than H inches in length. The collecting case.—For those who are collecting j)lants in the field two methods are available, a third method, that of carrying a press and driers and putting the plants in as collected, being discarded by most of the experienced collectors. First, for short trips on which it. Fig. L—a collecting portfolio, bundle of plants in press, plant digger and case, and folding stove used in drying plants, with collapsible smokestack In canvas carrying cases. is expected to obtain only a few plants a collecting box may be used. This is made of tin and is cylindroid in form, with a cover hinged on the side, and is carried by a strap attached at the ends. For more extended trips or one on which it is expected to obtain a large number of specimens some foiTQ of collecting portfolio is pref- erable. (Fig. 2.) A very satisfactory one may be constructed from two pieces of heavy binder's board or leather board, measurmg 12 by 17 inches. To the long edge (the back) of one, near each end, should be riveted a buckle, and to the correspondmg portion of the other board should be riveted two straps about 6 inches long. Thus, the two parts when buckled together have a back adjustable to the num- ber of specimens obtained. To the middle of the upper side of one ' These tan he obtained from hotanical supply companies at a cost of about $ each. ICir. lliUJ. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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