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c. The hall west of the center has been equally divided 

 between two distinct collections : Fibers occupy twelve cases 

 in three blocks on the south side of the hall ; nine cases are 

 devoted to crude fibers and their products, two to wood-paper 

 and straw-paper and one to cork. The cork exibit is aug- 

 mented by a splendid specimen of a cork-jacket from a tree 

 about two and one-half feet in diameter; this specimen is 

 mounted on a large wooden base. 



Opposite the fibers, on the north side of the hall, stand an 

 equal number of cases arranged in blocks corresponding to 

 those on the south side ; these are devoted to foods and food- 

 plants. For the present the foods are mainly divided into 

 three groups : dry seeds and fruits, fleshy seeds and fruits, 

 and herbs or such parts of herbs or woody plants, other than 

 seeds and fruits, as are used for foods. 



d. The west hall is devoted to miscellaneous collections. 

 One case contains the turpentine and rosin exhibit. Three 

 cases are devoted to gums and resins, two to fodder-grasses 

 and fodder-plants, one to unrefined and refined sugars, one to 

 tobacco, two to volatile oils, one to fixed oils, one to starches 

 and one to chocolate. Tea, ginger and ginger ale and veg- 

 etable juices occupy one case ; another case contains barley, 

 malt, beer and ale ; another, unfermented grape juice and 

 wines. One case is given over to cinnamon, both the true 

 and the false, one to a large collection of spices, one to lico- 

 rice roots and various forms of refined licorice, and one case 

 to miscellaneous objects, including a series of those vegetable 

 products used in making soaps and insect powders. 



The various exhibits have been supplemented by series of 

 plates, photographs or drawings in such cases as we have 

 been able to obtain them. 



II. Systematic Museum. Three more or less indepen- 

 dent collections are now installed and make up the syste- 

 matic museum : 



a. A general synoptic collection, arranged to illustrate the 

 vegetable kingdom from the lowest or most simply organized 

 plants to those most highly specialized. 



