CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE FOREWOIU . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wild Flou
er Preservation for flower lovers and amateur students - 7 For more
advanced naturalists failing to preserve plants successfully - For
boys and girls at school - Preservation of plants an art in itself
- No haphazard performance - That prosaic word herbarium -A doleful
definition - A dainty collection of plants - Poetry and flowers
inseparable. CHAPTER I1 Must be orderly and neat - A list of
requisites - Working expenses small after initial outlay-Well
illustrated Flora indispensable - How to secure second-hand books -
How to make a press - Separate mounts versus albums - Cabinet for
storing the collection. CHAPTER 111 A necessity to students -
Records of plant structure - Locality and date of finds -Your own
CONTENTS PAGE observations - Drawings of plants - Various kinds of
Nature Notes - Record of the months - Notes a refiection of
yourself - The poetry of flowers. CHAPTER IV How can I study plant
life -Confusing number of books on the subject - A simple beginning
- Best way of learning meanings of technical terms - A flrst lesson
in plant study - Tall Buttercup - Floral mechanism of Robins
Plantain - List of abbreviations used in notes - Useful books for
further study - Attempting too much - The botanical bore - The
interesting botanist - The use of English names. CHAPTER V Use of
basket or collecting case-Choosing a specimen for preservation -
Wanton and destructive gathering-Only a few of each species to be
picked. CHAPTER V1 THE IDEN LIl ICA MON OF PLANTS . . . . 99 Early
identiflcation - Examination of the Cuckooflower --Scientific
methods of identification useless to beginners - An examination of
Mathewss FieldBook-A popular and simple method of classification -
Example of plant description. CONTENTS CHAPTER V11 PAGE THE ART OF
PRESSING WILD FLOWERS . . . . 115 Press immediately after
identification - Frail nature of most wild flowers - Rules for
pressing plants - Unnatural, wizened specimens belonging to some
naturalists-Dried plants must not resemble scarecrows - Methods of
pressing plants - How to press knobby flower-heads successfully -
Changing the drying papers - Pressing fruits - Use of a storing
press. CHAPTER V111 MOUNTING THE PUNTS . . . . . . . Plants must
not be left long unattachedeRequisites at hand for mounting-How to
mount the plants - Pressure - Portions not adhering to be
refixed-Classiflcatian in the herbarium-Natural growth to be
studied-How to mount plants in albums - A collection of graceful,
natural-looking plants - Let Nature be your teacher...
