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made at very little expense,, the total amounting only to 

 about $70.00. 



Mention should be made of the valuable voluntary service 

 which Mrs. Marian L. Campbell, IMrs. G. Earle Kelly and Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Parsons Hawver have rendered the Academy. Mrs. 

 Campbell has mounted 6434 sheets of herbarium specimens. 

 Mrs. Kelly has mounted 218 sheets of specimens from the 

 Grand Canyon. And Mrs. Hawver has put the collection of 

 ferns in order. The fern collection contains a great many ex- 

 otic genera and species, some donated by the Philippine Bureau 

 of Science, some donated by Doctors Fred and Charlotte Baker, 

 and a fine collection of 100 Hawaiian ferns donated by Mrs. 

 Zelia Nuttall. 



The curator has continued her excellent work with the 

 Botanical Club and with the Park gardeners. The Botanical 

 Club holds weekly meetings at the Academy or in the field. 

 The Gardeners' class also meets once a week at the Park Lodge. 



8. Department of Exhibits. — This department has been 

 busy during the year preparing the large habitat groups of 

 mammals and birds which are now being installed. One of 

 the assistants was detailed for a considerable portion of the 

 year to duties in connection with the building operations and, 

 later, for a few weeks in connection with the elk distribution. 



The installation of the large habitat groups has begun. 

 The Antelope, ]\'Iule Deer (winter scene), and Steiler's Sea 

 Lion groups are nearing completion. The backgrounds are 

 practically done, the animals are in place, and the accessories 

 will soon be finished. Work has begun on the California Sea 

 Lion and the Farallon Bird groups, and it is hoped they may be 

 completed within the next two months. Then the Leopard 

 Seal, the California Valley Elk, the Desert Mountain Sheep, 

 the Mountain Lion, the Black Bear, and the Los Bafios Bird 

 groups are all ready as to materials, and the Desert Bird group 

 is ready except as to a part of the accessories. 



It is intended to place in the Mammal Hall six additional 

 groups, viz: the Buro Deer, the White-tail Deer (fall scene), 

 Humboldt Elk, Fur Seal, Coyote and Wild Cat, but the ma- 

 terials for these have not yet been collected. The animals for 

 an Elephant Seal group are ready, but there is no suitable place 

 in which to install the group. The same is true of the Win- 



