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of eastern and southern botany, with much material from 

 Mexico, South America and Europe. 



Duplicates of eastern and far western plants for exchange. 



Columbian university, Washington. Howard L. Hodgkins, dean. 



Small collections for teaching purposes and laboratory use. 



Geology^ ornithology, hotany. Working collections. 



Georgetown university, Coleman museum, Georgetown. George 

 A. Fargis in charge. 



Paleontology. 1500 specimens : invertebrates of the Upper and 

 Lower Silurian and Jurassic formations; Tertiary fossils, spec- 

 ially those from the formations along the Potomac and Chesa- 

 peake rivers, and several fine specimens of tusks of the mam- 

 moth from Alaska. 



Mineralogy. 4000 specimens: minerals from Mt Vesuvius; 

 series of silicates; also a very complete separate collection of 

 minerals from the District of Columbia. 



Historic geology. 1100 specimens: a complete and carefully 

 selected representation of rocks of all geologic periods. 



Zoology. 10,000 specimens: mammals; birds and birds eggs; 

 reptiles; batrachians; a collection of 200 fishes representing 50 

 different species; insects; crustaceans; mollusks; echinoderms, 

 and a collection of corals and shells from Manila. 



Botany. A very complete series of the woods, and representa- 

 tives of the marine algae, mosses, ferns and phanerogams of the 

 J)istrict of Columbia. 



Ethnology and archeology. A very complete series of the Indian 

 remains found in and around the District of Columbia; a 

 fine collection of Alaskan curios, illustrating the dress and cus- 

 toms of the natives; a complete series of papal medals from 

 Martin 5 to Leo 13 (1893); a large collection of ancient and 

 modern coins; and some Chinese and Spanish weapons. 



Howard university natural history museum, Washington. W. P. 

 Hay, professor of natural history. 



Palewitology. 500 specimens: mostly hand specimens for class 

 use including Dakota fossil leaves, Paleozoic shells, and a few 

 Tertiary vertebrates and mollusks. • 



