 Take out a leaf and put it into a vessel of water ; rub it between the fingers under the water. If the epidermis and parenchyma separate easily, the rest of the leaves may be removed from the solution, and treated in the same way ; but if not, then the...  The American Naturalist - Page 521868Full view - About this book
 | Education - 1866 - 400 pages
...removed from the solution, and treated in the same way ; but if not, then the boiling must be continued for some time longer. To bleach the skeletons, mix...otherwise, they are apt to become brittle. Put them into clear water and float them out on pieces of paper. — Ittinoif Teacher. 3. EOZOON IN CANADA. A correspondent... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Eller Taylor - Natural history - 1868 - 302 pages
...removed from the solution, and treated in the same way ; but if not, then the boiling must be continued for some time longer. To bleach the skeletons, mix about a drachm 9f chloride of lime with a pint of water, adding sufficient acetic acid to liberate the chlorine. Steep... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1868 - 354 pages
...removed from the solution, and treated in the same way ; but if not, then the boiling must be continued for some time longer. To bleach the skeletons, mix...Steep the leaves in this till they are whitened (about 10 minutes), taking care not to let them stay in too long; otherwise they are apt to become brittle.... | |
 | Hugh Fraser Macmillan - Agriculture - 1914 - 754 pages
...for maiden-hair fern. To prepare Skeleton leaves. Mix about one drachm chloride of lime with one pint water, adding sufficient acetic acid to liberate the chlorine. Steep the leaves in this until they are whitened (about 10 minutes should suffice), taking care not to leave them in too long.... | |
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