New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.
DRYING PLANTS.

Nv Leo IT. GrindOn gives some timely linIS
<MI a, sDecimens tor the herDarlunl-
p,ants be saws, dry very NarlOusiy' I'm q',,1
-, not a moments trouble, others ucn,'''''
GuIlo Now and then the case Is hopeless
pa we are constrained to fall BACK upon us
nencil. and prefer drawings coioIeu Linds
1nossible Grasses and their alnes' ms -.
~ ferns. plants that resemble hSdInot, All
lastiussr the mature leaves VI r. ,rl,i.b
trees call for only the minimum mel ,,I,
80. H. natleuce and can re m'iA"Seu jug
af,er considerable experience WIFI easy "iiO0'
are rlants like the hyacinth. 49,. g.. h,,f q
To secure the best results Vu,'''. IL, ~ ~ t,,'t
a., ,,ieces of stout mIlibodTu, cut 10 doou'
49, 80, inches by twelve. Ihen gathcI TO-
.,-I,r hundred ola neWsi lpers' anu Iuiu
-, sonare 10 about the uhlcnsiClS Vi 'lO
u1ihoafds. -Four or i've yarus 81 ooi,ini" VI
yrbite cotton waddlng, scoIe VI 49, III
tissue paper, and as many W en-. annaratDs
en- al. same size, comPele 'n' lit-,;'1
- b. boards serves iOI tDe Iouhu"Vloi
ON tbis lay a newspaper, Jhen d iioOo -; 20 ~,
An, and upOn this pace lho SPo,iI'Crn ~
tended 10 he dried. Inc CoI,on - $500
.o,ont,vo every portion can be lald III proper
- ,st,'r,J wav, including the petals OF the
1aaers newspaper above, TWO OF Vuiee IL
the spccimens have timex STEMS anu 50 on' 'ilA
ali SHALL be deposited IL the way oil The hiS''
II tbe -recimens are sticky OF hairy, OF Ol "a
lind taat the wadding seems likely 10 adhere
"a then. before dcpOSlung them on IL, intro
duce half sheet of the tissue paper. heaNy
WEI ybt must be put on the top al all, sulhclcut
10 embed the specimens In the WauulhS uleA
leave the whole 10 rest iOr w cnly- loul u"uls'
An thc r,lpers must tfen be changed, dTy ones
h.iog nut I'm their pace and If the plant seems
10 throw of a very considerable amount OF
moi.tnrr. such a. will render the Waddng
cuife DAMP change the waddlng also. \
...,,nd and even "A third change Is deslapIe,
Al tbe end OF two or three days or week anu
1rhen tiii. l. made introduce the olOttlhg paper
,,re.sir- again all everything j. perfectly Nat,
and the ptclmens are absolutely uI5' Al
such IL the simple process Oy "H!Oh III
Grindon has succeeded III the ar % pioso' III,
the roio.. and forms, not OnN OF ROBUST anu
,t,ctat,le plautS but OF the most delicate, ana
,-c,, u,.rr OF the Obdurate. Every petal, every
leafct retain the form 10 hdd III me- anu nine
srerlutu. cut Of ten Keep theI c"lois exec
lentlv To insure the keeping Oi color, II 1,
well. # riue can be spared. 10 change the blot
ting paper many times, and 10 dry 1t thoroughly
l.Iore fhe nIr, but this need not Ike done iii
alter the thrd day from the beginning
sONERTSULTS OF MUSCULAR TRAINING
In answer to several inquiries a. to the yalG"
Of ROWING, riding walking trey cling boxing
cricket. ETC., as hcaithiui exercises, huOWltdye
saws. II viii probably sound paIadOAlc'
AFTER the stress We have lald on TIE necessity
fOr exercise 20 say that We consider each one
o. these exercises, "a, pursued 10y specialists,
und-u.a1.E bad Tor the development OF We'll
IrODorti iucd ana thoroughly healthy frame
Take. iOI instance. any nrst-cldss eleven a1
cricAet: select, ID yOu please. an eleven such "a,
Tie AS. r.,lI.tn. Ia winch all-rOUnd aptitude IL
n ,lAratts li~tiC feature. and goa VIII lnNailao
find % lar,, a proportion of Ii-sLaped men a.
I, SHOW dat thoroughly well -Duilt cricketeis
owe their g1odly proportions 20 exercises out
side cII-h,t Despite the ruouing involved III
the game. four crlchcters oi 90 I'VE nave rldil
dcv,lour. chests. one would say a good bat
should have good -hOuiucrs, b-L that batting
doe NOT tend 20 improve the shoulders ~
shown DIS TWO, az least. of tht finest Australian
bats. lake r0WlGy. again. Mess rowing
man doe, other work especially intended 90
correct tuc defect. he hJ, invariably poor arms
above tuc elbow. a marked iuicUOuty III the
dcy clolmcut of the chest as compared with
TIE back. and he general, bias round shoulders
and forward hang OF The head and nee.
BOX.u- ls better bus g cauuo. be- pursued with
advantage - thc chef exercise a man OF boy
takes, aad 1t Is entirely unsuItcd 70 girls and
women.