Day 21: Although I do most of my "collecting" with the camera, there are occasions when I'm called upon to take a specimen for preservation in the Park's herbarium. Up until last spring, I had relied on the Encyclopedia Britannica to do service as a plant press, stacked volumes weighting the subject matter between several sheets of blotting paper. However, much to my delight, our 2015 Centennial Ambassador passed his press along to me with the comment, "I think this will do you more good than it does me." Indeed, it's stood me in good stead so far, and is much easier to accommodate while the specimens are drying. no longer will I have guests ask, "Why are your encyclopedias stacked on the table?"
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