(44 2 ) 



(c) Exhibition cards. (As described in previous reports.) 



Size of cards. Number of cards. 



7x11 inches. 100 



1 1 x 1 1 " 200 



1 1 x 14 " 300 



14x22 " 650 



Total, 1,250 



(d) Oak frames for displaying specimens mounted on 

 cards, and photographs or plates. No frames of our standard 

 sizes were secured during the year, but over 600 feet of the 

 moulding was used to make such frames of the standard 

 size as were needed to fill out gaps or to make frames of odd 

 sizes. 



3. Installation. Exhibits of the several museums were 

 improved and strengthened by the addition of specimens 

 generally, as far as our equipment of cases and space al- 

 lowed. 



4. Economic Museum. Additions have been made to all 

 sections of the economic collection, but no special attempt has 

 been made to accumulate specimens for this museum as the 

 available case room has been very limited. Such specimens 

 as came to the institution unsolicited were either immediately 

 installed in the exhibition cases, or stored in anticipation of 

 additional case-equipment. The departments of foods, bever- 

 ages and fibers have been specially strengthened, and all the 

 specimens of fibers have been furnished with inconspicuous 

 permanent labels bearing all the original data that accom- 

 panied each specimen as it came to the museum.* 



5. Systematic Museum. Considerable attention has been 

 devoted to the several collections forming this museum. 



(a) The synoptic collection. During the year it has been 

 possible almost completely to furnish this collection with 

 frames and exhibition blocks. Many specimens still await 

 installation on account of the lack of glass jars, but from one 

 end of the series to the other specimens have been added 



* For further details concerning the Economic Museum see the report of 

 the Curator of the Economic Collections. 



