preparation, and the home-coming of the collection is awaited 

 with interest. 



A recent examination by Professor Rea and some of his 

 students of material stored in the basement of the library 

 building has brought to light still another volume of this 

 famous herbarium, containing specimens treated in the 

 last pages of Elliott's Botany. This volume includes type 

 specimens of Euphorbia cordifolla and Euphorbia panlcuiata 

 in good state of preservation. 



A fire and insect-proof safe has been purchased for the 

 protection of this herbarium and other valuable specimens, 

 papers and records belonging to the Museum, and thus the 

 future of important possessions is secured from the vicissi- 

 tudes which have too often befallen them in the past. 



A NEW BUILDING FOR THE A1U5EUM 



The past year, while marking the beginning of the activity 

 of the Museum as a factor in public education has been 

 primarily a year of over-hauling and stock-taking. 



The result is tremendous in its import for the Museum and 

 for the city. Thousands of specimens, valuable for exhibi- 

 tion or for study are packed away and entirely inaccessible 

 for either purpose because of absolute lack of space to prop- 

 erly arrange them. Such specimens as are on exhibition at 

 present lose much of their value as instructive and interest- 

 ing objects because of their crowded condition and the 

 impossibility of arranging them with suitable illumination. 



The collections have been found to be such, both in quan- 

 tity and quality, as to hold an important position among the 

 museums of the country. Without doubt the largest and 

 most valuable museum in the South, it is surpassed only by 

 the great museums of some northern cities. 



As a result of these conclusions a strong movement has 

 been set on, foot to secure a building providing adequate 



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