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have been taken advantage of in adapting the garden to it» 

 present use. The garden is open the yesiv around to visitors, 

 a small admission fee is charged. The animals are housed in 

 a number of specially designed buildings. There is also a club- 

 house and restaurant. The collections include the following 

 specimens: mammals, 643; birds. 691; reptiles, 176; total, 1510^ 

 The lake and small ponds are w^ell stocked with fish. A small 

 librarv of reference books is maintained. 



PEXXSYLVANIA 



The Highland park zoological garden, Pittsburg. William W. 

 Bailey, supei^kitendent. 



About 200 specimens of monkeys, Herbivora, Carnivora, birds 

 and reptiles. 



The Zoological society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia zoological 

 garden. Charles Piatt, president of tlve hoard of directors; Henry 

 C. Chapman, corresponding secretary; A. E. Brown, superintendent. 



The collections consist of animals of the higher orders of 

 vertebrates. 1465 species have been exhibited belonging to the 

 following orders: mammals, 407; birds, 711; reptiles 304; bat- 

 rachians, 43. 



The society maintains a librar^^ for reference. 



RHODE ISLAND 



Eoger Williams park zoological garden, Providence. A small 

 collection of animals is maintained by the city park commission, 

 the collection at present consists of: mammals, 20 species, 90 

 specimens; birds, 14 species, 225 specimens; reptiles, 1 species,. 

 4 specimens. There is also a small reference library and 

 museum. 



Among those which are not otherwise noted are the following: 

 Missouri botanical garden, St Louis Mo. William Trelease, 



director. 

 National botanical garden, Washington D. C. William R. Smith, 



director. 



