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Cayuga Lake Valley and the area drained by the streams flow- 

 ing into it ; the herbarium of 



exotics, containing many 

 hundred species of cultivated 

 plants and varieties ; and the 

 herbarium of three thousand 

 or more species of fungi. In 

 the museum of vegetable pro- 

 ducts are collections of woods, 

 seeds, fibers and fruits, the 

 latter represented by both al- 

 coholic and dried specimens. 

 There are also man}- speci- 

 mens of plant products, such 

 as oils, gums, resins, substan- 

 ces used in medicine, and 

 the like. The equipment in 

 the way of facilities for in- 

 struction and investigation in- 

 cludes dissecting and com- 

 pound microscopes for use in 

 the laboratory, charts and 

 diagrams for laboratory and 

 lecture room use, apparatus 

 for experimentation and in- 

 vestigation in plant physiol- 

 ogy and a large collection of 

 models for class room use, 

 showing flowers and other 

 parts of plants on a greatly 

 magnified scale. In addition, 

 the department owns a stere- 

 opticon specially constructed 

 for its use, with several hun- 

 dred views of plants or their 

 parts, and the vegetation of 

 different countries. 



Besides this indoor equip- 

 ment, the University grounds, 

 embracing some fifty acres, 



Plate XI. 

 are under the charge of the department. They have been 



