here living examples of the more interesting plants and shrubs 

 either native or adapted to this locality. As a result of his un- 

 tiring efforts, supplemented in the summer by the assiduous care 

 of Mr. P. P. Mazyck, most gratifying progress had been made 

 with this plan when the high tide caused by the storm flooded 

 the grounds and killed all the smaller and more tender plants. 

 Before another hurricane we must hope to have our shrubs and 

 trees well enough estabhshed to survive inundation. 



COLLECTIONS AND INSTALLATION 



Until the old collections can be properly cared for and ade- 

 quately installed it is the policy of the Museum to make no spe- 

 cial effort for their general increase. Opportunities for advan- 

 tageous acquisition of material have in some cases been declined 

 because the diversion of even small amounts of money and time 

 from the rehabilitation of the old collections has seemed unwise. 

 Systematic efforts have, however, been made to build up the geo- 

 logical department, the local collections, and industrial material. 

 The several departments are reviewed below. 



Anthropology. The North American Indian collection has 

 been placed in table cases and will be labeled as soon as time per- 

 mits, further specimens relating to the Indians, especially of 

 South CaroHna, are very much desired. 



Geology. This department was in a state of extreme confu- 

 sion and deficient in material when Dr. Martin was appointed to 

 its honorary curatorship in 1906. The chief interest of the col- 

 lection lay in the series of two hundred and thirty important min- 

 erals of the Ural region, presented by the Imperial Mining Insti- 

 tute at St. Petersburg, and in the unique series of about two 

 hundred specimens of phosphate of lime, gathered by Dr. Shepard 

 from localities all over the world. The general collection of min- 

 erals has been nearly trebled by the generous donations of Dr. 

 Martin and by material which he has secured from others. The 

 series of invertebrate fossils has also been largely augmented, and 

 the whole department has been classified and cataloged in detail 

 by Dr. Martin. As a result, geology is represented by a very 

 creditable collection in good order and ready for exhibition. 



Collaborating with Dr. Martin, Mrs. Rea has begun the selec- 

 tion and labeling of minerals for a general exhibit. The plan dif- 

 fers widely from the conventional exhibit of minerals, interesting 

 to the student, sometimes attractive from the form or color of the 



