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Field Columbian Museum — Reports, Vol. II. 



products of this interesting family of plants. The installation 

 includes the mulberry, Japanese papers from the paper mulberry, 

 rubber, figs, vegetable milk and cheese, fustic, bread-fruit, hops, etc. 



TILIACEyE: 



One full case devoted to the two important bast fibers produced 

 by these plants — jute and linden — with various examples of their 

 utilization. 

 solan ace^;: 



Two cases devoted to the tobacco plant, and many of the more 

 interesting native uses of the leaves. 



Satisfactory progress has been made in the full labeling of sev- 

 eral of the cases previously installed, and in supplanting the early 

 incongruous labels with the uniform black labels adopted by this 

 department last year. 



Over 18,000 sheets have been mounted, recorded, and installed 

 in systematic order in the Herbarium during the year. These sheets 

 represent various fields as follows: 



Acklin Island (Bahama), 



Alabama, 



Andros Island (Bahama 1. 



Arizona, 



Arkansas, 



Brazil, 



Bahamas (in general) , 



Barbadoes, 



Canada, 



Cedros Island (California) , 



California, 



Connecticut, . .... 



Colorado 



Coronados Island (California). 



Cuba 



Curacao 



Dakotas, 



Delaware, ...... 



District of Columbia, . 



Dominica 



Ecuador 



Fortune Island (Bahamas) , 

 Farallones Island, 



Florida, 



Guatemala, 



Guadeloupe Island (California) , 



Grenada (W. I.) 



Georgia, 



