After about twenty-four hours the fronds may be examined. They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty. In any case, fresh pieces of drying paper must now be used, and on to these the fronds are placed. It will be found that as a whole they assume a flat position, and are very easily handled. A little stiff brush, or the end of a hairpin, will be found very useful at this stage to help in the working out of any refractory pinnæ. The pressing is carried out in the same manner as before, only if it is decided to make this the final stage of the process, the weights should be heavier. In the case of very complicated fronds the process of examining may be repeated three, or even more times, with intervals of twenty-four hours. After two or three days it will be found that the fronds are quite dry, and they should have retained almost all of their natural colour. The fronds may be moved into a portfolio formed of sheets of stoutish paper. They may be held in place by fastening a few strips of gummed paper over the stipes and rachis. The name, locality, and date of gathering should be added to each specimen. Of course, in all cases it is a good plan to have two fronds, one showing the upper and the other the under side. Where there are both barren and fertile fronds, an example of each should naturally be included. Thus, a highly interesting collection of fern fronds may be gathered together with a small amount of trouble.