then has come to be completely neglected. The climate of the 

 state is peculiarly adapted to the culture of silk, particularly as 

 the white mulberry readily becomes naturalized. 



The Museum culture has been made upon most flourishing trees 

 brought from Italy by Miss Kelly, to whom the Museum is indebted 

 for the importation of the eggs, for all the charts, specimens, and 

 apparatus in the exhibit, and for instruction and assistance in 

 the technique of rearing the worms. Miss Kelly's bulletin on 

 Silk Culture will be found in the library, where a special bibli- 

 ography of this subject is in preparation, and the Museum will 

 gladly assist anyone who desires to rear silkworms for educational 



or commercial purposes. 



L. M. Bragg. 



NOTES FROM THE MUSEUH 



The Museum is open free to the public on week days from 10 to 

 6. Children unaccompanied by an adult will be admitted only 

 on Saturdays. 



Material in process of installation in the main hall includes 

 collections of local shells and local bird nests and eggs; several 

 groups of minerals; a number of the smaller mammals; and the 

 entire Manigault osteological collection. The transfer of these 

 collections from the old building has been greatly facilitated by 

 members of Section B of the Natural History Society who have 

 brought over many of the more delicate specimens by hand. 

 Labels are being prepared for these exhibits as rapidly as possible 

 and enough copy is now ready to keep the Museum press busy 

 for some time. 



The cooperation of the commercial bodies of the city in the in- 

 stallation of the scientific collections and in the addition of econo- 

 mic and industrial exhibits of the resources of the coast region of 

 the state took concrete form in the raising of a fund of S3000 by 

 the Advertising CJub. This amount was equally divided between 

 the scientific and the industrial exhibits, and has already provided 



