NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 19 



Botany, 1000 specimens. 



Society of natural history of Delaware, Wilmington. Mrs Ghere- 

 tein Yeatman, Kennett Square Pa., cor- respond in fj secretary. 



Paleontology. No collection. 



Mineralogy. 1500 specimens, part of which are lent to the 

 society, which, however, owns a fairly representative collection 

 of Delaware minerals. 



No duplicates for exchange; though Fred J. Hilbiber will ex- 

 change Delaware minerals for the benefit of the society. 



Economic geology and Uthology. Collections small. 



Zoology. 400 specimens of the birds of New Castle county 

 and a fine collection of Delaware moths and butterflies. 



Frank Morton Jones will exchange. 



Botany. 50,000 specimens: well made herbarium of about 

 11,500 species, generally from the United States and northward, 

 but including forms from Mexico, West Indies and Europe, care- 

 fully prepared and arranged for use of students; a local her- 

 barium called the " Edward Tatnall herbarium of New Castle 

 county"; collection of diatoms, made by the late Christian 

 Febiger. 



No exchange material; but William M. Canby, Edward Tatnall, 

 and J. T. Pennypacker will exchange for the benefit of the 

 society. 



Ethnology. Collections small. 



State college for colored students, Dover. W^. C. Jason, president. 

 Collections small. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



Catholic university of America, Washington. Edward L. Greene, 

 professor of botany. 



Botany. Between 30,000 and 40,000 specimens: the most 

 complete collection extant of Eocky mountain and Pacific 

 coast vegetation, gathered by Prof. Greene during 25 years of 

 residence and travel, containing types of some hundreds of new 

 species described by him since 1880; a nearly complete herbarium 



