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Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects

Taylor, J. E. (John Ellor), 1837-1895 [Editor]; Braithwaite, Robert, 1824-1917 [Contributor]; Bridgman, John B. [Contributor]; Britten, James, 1846-1924 [Contributor]; Buckman, James, 1816-1884 [Contributor]; Crombie, James M. (James Morrison), 1833-1906 [Contributor]; Elwin, Edward Fenton [Contributor]; Grattann, W. H. [Contributor]; Knaggs, H. Guard (Henry Guard), 1832-1908 [Contributor]; Rye, E. C. (Edward Caldwell), 1832-1885 [Contributor]; Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917 [Contributor]; Southwell, Thomas, 1831-1901 [Contributor]; Tate, Ralph, 1840-1901 [Contributor]· 7 chapters· 43,186 words

The great end of natural-history reading should be the development of a love for the objects dwelt upon, and a desire to know more about them. This can only be brought about by such practical acquaintance as collecting and preserving them induces. At the same time we should be...

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5. CHAPTER XIV.

The great end of natural-history reading should be the development of a love for the objects dwelt upon, and a desire to know more about them. This can only be brought about by...

7. PART II.

We will assume that our collecting for the year has come to a close; that the long evenings are beginning, and that our dried plants have been brought together from their tempor...

6. PART I.

The kindred subjects of the collecting of plants and their arrangement in the herbarium have been treated of over and over again, and it might almost seem as though nothing furt...

1. CHAPTER I.

2. CHAPTER VII.

3. CHAPTER VIII.

4. CHAPTER IX.