G6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Historic (Pnd economic geology. 50 specimens from the various 

 rock formations in the vicinity of Ellicott City. 



Botany. 2500 specimens including the herbarium of Prof. W, 

 E. H. Aikin; a set of carices from Dr H. P. Sartwell of Penn 

 Yan N. Y. and a complete set of the ferns of Howard county, 

 Md. 



Ethnology and anthropology. 800 specimens including a rare 

 lot of specimens from Ceylon consisting of native manuscripts, 

 photographs, coins, idols, musical instruments, trinkets, etc. 

 Also many plaster casts of American Indian relics. 



Western Maryland college, Westminster. No report. 



Woman's college museum, Baltimore. Arthur Bibbins, director. 



Paleontology. 10,000 specimens consisting of a general syste- 

 matic collection of fossil animals and plants; a collection to 

 illustrate historical geology on exhibition and a similar series 

 for students use and a collection of miscellaneous material for 

 determination by students. The collections are particularly 

 rich in fossil plants from the Potomac group of Maryland and 

 include among other types Cycadeoidea bibbinsi, 

 clarkiana, fisherae, fontaineana, goucher- 

 iana, mcgeeana, and uhleri, all of Ward; Cup re s- 

 sanoxylon bibbinsi Knowlton, and many others. Also 

 the type skulls of Cetatherium crassangulum and 

 Metopocetus durinasus, of Cope. 



There are also some interesting Dinosaurian remains from 

 Maryland localities. 



Some Potomac Cycadeoidea and Miocene fossils for exchange. 



Mineralogy. 20,000 specimens. A general exhibition series 

 and a students series. The collection is specially rich in minerals 

 from the vicinity of Baltimore. 



Much material for exchange. 



Economic geology. 5000. There is a large collection of iron 

 ores from European and other localities as well as complete 

 series from the once extensively worked mines of limonite and 

 siderite of Maryland; also collections of tin, copper, zinc, lead, 

 manganese, chrome and other ores. 



