Name: Instructions on the Collection and Preservation of Plants for Private or School Herbaria
Narrative: Item is a publication issued as a Botanical Office Leaflet, Series 2, Number 1, by the Province of British Columbia. Responding to numerous requests put forth by private individuals, surveyors and teachers of British Columbia, this pamphlet addresses issues associated with the collection and preservation of plant specimens. It offers insight on when and what to collect as well as how to prepare specimens for long-term preservation. Detailed preparation steps include pressing and drying, poisoning and mounting. Classification, labeling, storage, and exhibition display schemes for herbarium specimens are also discussed.
Web Site Accession Number: 2007.196.0143
Object Height: 25.5 cm
Object Width: 17.5 cm
Credit: Material from the John Davidson fonds, UBC Archives
Object Date(s): 19150000
Artist: Davidson, John
Media: pamphlet
Locale of Artwork: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
