( 26) 



b. Exhibition blocks. (Ebonized after being received from 

 the manufacturer.) 



Total, 500 



c. Exhibition cards. (For general museum purposes, and 

 for the specimens to illustrate the flora within a radius of 100 

 miles of New York City.) 



Size of cards. 



i3^xiS^ inches. 

 14 x 22 

 11x14 

 1 1 x 11 



Number of cards. 



1800 



800 



200 



IOO 



Total, 2900 



d. Frames for the exhibition cards. These represent a 

 very valuable addition to the museum equipment. The use 

 of these frames gives the exhibition cases a finished appear- 

 ance which could not otherwise be obtained, and also serves 

 to increase the instructiveness of each specimen by separat- 

 ing it off clearly from surrounding objects. The material 

 from which the frames are made is an oak moulding of a 

 slight and neat pattern. As an experiment 300 frames and 

 about 515 feet of the moulding were used and the results 

 were wholly satisfactory. 



3. Installation. Early in the year, after the steam- 

 heating apparatus had been perfected to such an extent that 

 all danger of the temperature of the exhibition halls and' 

 smaller rooms falling below the freezing point was passed, 

 the accumulations of exhibits were brought from their several 

 temporary quarters and stored at convenient points in the 

 museum building. As soon as the exhibition cases were in 

 position, the museum material already prepared was un- 

 packed and the actual installation begun. 



