1030. In arranging dried specimens, the most simple and obvious guide is that of the order of their flowering, or that in which they are gathered, and this may be adopted during the summer season; but afterwards they ought to be placed according to some scientific method for the convenience of reference. They may be kept in a cabinet, consisting of a collection of drawers for each order; and the relative as well as absolute size of these drawers will depend on the proposed extent of the collection, as whether of British plants only, of hardy plants only, or of all plants introduced to this country, &c. The specimens of the deciduous plants used in the Arboretum were kept in deal boxes, opening on one side; and fitted up with trays to draw out.
