(30i) 



6550- Five small spinning tops. 

 6551. A box to hold the tops. 

 6552-6553. Two fancy colored boxes. 



6554. An ornamental colored box in the form of a rolling-pin. 



6555. Another in the form of an Indian club. 

 6556-6557. Two others, in the form of torpedoes. 



6558. A fancy darning block. 



6559. Fancy box in the form of a barrel. 

 6560-6561. Two fancy varnished boxes. 

 6562. Another, filled with tooth-picks. 

 6563-6576. Fourteen small wooden bottles. 

 6577-6587. Eleven turned boxes. 



6588-6599. Twelve of the same, of different style. 

 6600-6614. Fifteen others. 



6615-6642. Twenty-eight very small similar boxes. 

 6643-6650. Eight others of low form. 

 6651-6661. Eleven others of low form. 



6662. Ten cotton spools of the same wood. Presented by the Clark Thread 



Company of Newark, New Jersey. 



6663. Six spools of various sizes, from the same donor. 



6664. Eighteen colored spools of the same. 



6665. Eight very large spools of the same. Same donor. 



6666. European alder. — A trunk section of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Medic. Native of 



Europe. From Florence, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6667. Heart-leaved alder. — A trunk section of A. cordifolia Tenore. Native of 



Europe. From Cosenza, Italy, through the Paris Exposition of 1900. 



6668. Minebari. — A block of the wood of A. firma Sieb. & Zucc. Native of eastern 



Asia. From Japan. 



THE BEECH FAMILY {Fagaceae) 



6669. Soro. Shide. — A block of the wood of Carpinus laxiflora Blume. Native 



of eastern Asia. From Japan. 



6670. A section of the same wood, without bark. 



6671. American beech-wood broom handle. — A broom handle made of the wood of 



Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. Native of eastern and central North America. 

 Presented by G. Josephi. 



6672. American beech-wood barrel stave. — A barrel stave of the same wood. 



Presented by C. Heidt & Sons, of Jersey City, New Jersey. 



6673. Beech-wood vinegar shavings. — Used for clarifying vinegar. Presented 



by the Redlich Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois. 



6674. Brewers' beech-wood shavings. — The same as the preceding, but used for 



the clarification of beer. Same donor. 



6675. Huri shingles. — Shingles made of the Japanese chestnut, Castanea japonica 



Blume. From Japan. 



6676. Croatian chestnut umbrella handles. — Five unfinished umbrella handles 



made of the stems of Croatian chestnut, C. Castanea (L.) Karst. Native of 

 Europe. Presented by Edward Bennicke & Company, of New York. 



6677. Another lot of three, each tied in a knot. 



