\$,b PiBLU y >•« or Natural History - Rri'okts. Vol. III. 



' ' and pl.n c<l in ci, 



 . • •. ....... .. ....... < artist, and there 



'•f rl: in r n arc finlinc^ places in th«» ' 



: to the :uit family, ilh. 



.irly indicates the pro|>osed plan of in«t.. 

 tiot) In this case the material illustrates the family character> 

 and prcnlurts as follows: A life-size repnxluction of the end of a 

 leafy, flowering, and fruiting branch of the breadfruit (Artocarpus 

 I' the leaf-form and char the dis|K>siiion 



iM.ii.i. .1 iiv i the flowers, and i.i' immature and maiun 



fruit in i \.. relation; with this are two enl."^"'-'v'nts from 

 nature exemplifying the intimate structurr .nn? icr of th. 



flowers, both male and female, the more ires of w; 



are reproduced, in glass to insure stability and pennanence in the 

 reprt-Hluctions; in close association is a natural sized hpc fruit, shown 

 in s< •<) illustrate both the developed ovar>* and the peculiar 



of the irmt itself. These four reprcxluctions together exemplify aii 

 the ' * ' lers that distinguish the family and unite il> 



genei.i .lui >j-tHi<> in intimate relationship. Another v^- •' - ■- 

 sf-.t!.'i..n 1i i< been conv'''*'-' '^'i-trating th- • '^ ■olate :..;...... ;;. 



ti Lie tree (7'; /') is repr< i in full fruit an'! 



leaf, an enlarged model depicts the peculiar flower in botanic de: > 

 and a third the ripe fruit with its seeds (chocolate beans) invesletl in 

 their natural coating of mucilaginous tissue. Several other group 

 models now well under way will soon add deep and renewed interest 

 t' !y installe<I with products only. No Museum has ever 



I • ' such comprehensive educational installation. ' ' 



li.' .'>wi. lii i ill. resting the public in plant life is already l)Cir • 

 A ri- Tfangement of the two easterly herbarium rooms ; 

 n- y in order to better arrange the departmental library to 



armmmodate the increase of books obtained through the Rothrock 

 a •\. The herbarium cases in the northeast room were removed 



to the sout rn to replace the books therein. The entire walls of 



the former ruom are now in book shelves the content of which makes 

 a '    inical library. The subject, author, and 



s; kept up to date and the accessibility 



a:. . J. i.wiably increased. The herbarium work 



has ; ^ nlv durint^ tho year, though there is still .i 



larp*» rart of *hf \V it, R. .. and University of Chic... 



l' - the organization that will render the specimens an 



' the Museum herbarium. 



