calyx

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Why a public press

Nineteenth-century engraving of a herb and plant press

How a sheet is cut

Press rules

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Herbarium sheet of an oak from Louvigny — Quercus, herbarium sheet

Herbarium sheet of Disperis nitida — Disperis nitida, sheet

A botanist pressing grass on Midway Atoll — Eragrostis, in the press

Handwritten herbarium label for Orchis latifolia — Orchis latifolia, label

Handwritten herbarium label for Rosa — Rosa, label

Wooden plant press with blotter and a dried fern — Press, closed

Who keeps a cabinet

Your cabinet

FAQ

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Engraving of a plant press

Oak herbarium sheet

Fox Talbot print of a Celtis engraving

The blotter is public. The note is yours until you lift it.

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Wooden plant press