and Laboratory Methods. 



1605 



12 feet rubber tubing, i^ in. 



Y-z gross test tubes, 4 in. 



2 doz. dropping bottles. 



Y2 doz. funnel tubes. 



Yz doz. battery jars, 4 quart. 



8 ring stands, 3 rings. 



Y2 doz. thermometers. 



1 lb. glass tubing, Y\ i"- 



2 doz. bottles (vaseline bottles may be 



substituted). 



1 Harvard trip balance. 



1 mortar, iron, quart. 



1 mortar, porcelain, S^^ in. diam. 



1 doz. beakers, 1^ oz. 



2 funnels, 2 in., 4 in. 



1 doz. test-tube brushes. 



2 doz. test-tubes, assorted. 

 y^ doz. battery jars, 1 quart. 

 1 doz. watch crystals, Syracuse. 

 4 packages filter paper, 2 of 3 in. and 



2 of 6 in. 



The above list will cost about $75.00. 

 Other apparatus, as follows, will be needed, but it can probably be secured 

 of local dealers at a total cost of about $5.00. 



1 doz. jelly tumblers with covers. Those with perpendicular sides 



are preferable. Stender dishes are better, but more expensive. 



2 doz. large, clear glass tumblers. 



2 doz. fruit jars, mostly pints and quarts. 

 1 doz. soup plates. 



CHEMICALS. 



Iodine crystals, - - 10 g. 



Potassum iodide, - - 25 g. 



Ether, commercial, - 250 g. 



Nitric acid, cone, - 4 oz. 



Sulphuric acid, cone, - 4 oz. 



Hydrochloric acid, concen- 

 trated, - - - 4 oz. 



Ammonium hydrate, - 4 oz. 



Four bottles for above with 

 names blown on bottles. 



Mercury, 



Eosin, 



Alcohol, 95 per cent. 



Alcohol, wood. 



Alcohol, absolute. 



Caustic potash, pure, 



Potassium chlorate, 



Formalin, 



1 lb. 

 100 grams. 



Igal. 



Igal. 

 100 g. 

 250 g. 

 250 g. 



Vz gal. 

 50 g. 



2 oz. 



Glycerin, . . - 

 Chloroform, - - - 



Total cost, about $10.75. 

 Other chemicals, grafting wax, cotton seed oil, lime water, materials for 

 nutrient solution, seeds and material, can be secured locally. Fehling's solution 

 should be made as needed. A small amount of money should be in the hands 

 of the teacher, to be used for this purpose. 



LIBRARY. 



The school should provide at least a few reference books, 

 are desirable : 



The following 



Bailey. 



Coulter. 



Ganong. 



Bergen. 



Atkinson. 



Newell. 



Barnes. 



Jordan & Kellogg. 



Davenport. 



Herrick. 



Botany ; an elementary text-book. — Macmillan. 



Plants. — Appleton. 



Plant Physiology. — Holt. 



Foundations of Botany. — Ginn & Co. 



Elementary Botany. — Holt. 



Outlines of Lessons in Botany, two parts. — Ginn. 



Plant Life.— Holt. 



Animal Life. — Appleton. 



Introduction to Zoology. — Macmillan. 



The Home Life of Wild Birds.— Putnam. 



