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continued, is the thorough labelling of the collection, giving to every object,
whether drug, botanical plate, or diagram, a carefully prepared label. 
As at present exhibited the labels are without unity of method in their treatment
of the subjects, some them being very elaborate and technical, the most of them
giving scarcely more than the name of the article and the donor. It is proposed
to take the specimens in regular order, according to the classification, prepare
a careful label for each, and take note of desiderata which the investigation may
suggest, and thus render whatever work may be done, complete and permanent. 
To obtain speci-