members of the botanical department at Clemson have forwarded 

 the plant survey, placing at my disposal the results of their work 

 for years past and promising assistance for the future. With 

 the cooperation of Clemson 's botanical workers the Museum 

 trusts that it will be only a question of time before the known 

 species of the state, backed by herbarium specimens, are recorded 

 in the plant survey. 



Laura M. Bragg. 



NOTES FROM THE MUSEUfl 



The Museum is open free to the public daily, except Sunday, 

 from 10 to 6. Children under 12 will be admitted on Saturdays 

 only, unless accompanied by an adult. 



The opening of the fall work finds the Museum in better con- 

 dition in most respects than ever before. All the working de- 

 partments are very satisfactorily organized and are running 

 more efficiently. The installation of exhibits may be expected 

 to make marked progress during the winter, and the educational 

 work is already organized on broader lines. The most serious 

 problem confronting us this year is the condition of the roof. 

 This part of the building suffered especially during the time the 

 building was unoccupied before it was obtained by the Museum. 

 Since then it has been patched continually, and the time has 

 come when the need of a new roof is imperative. The Museum 

 is without funds for this work, although serious damage to build- 

 ing and contents result from every rain. 



The department of public instruction is now for the first time 

 definitely affiliated with the public school system and the use of 

 travelling exhibits furnished by the Museum becomes an inte- 

 gral part of the school program. 



A new laboratory course in physiology is being given at the 

 Museum for the sophomore class of the Medical College of South 

 Carolina. Mr. L. William McGrath, who was assistant in zool- 



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