THE OOLOGIST. 



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CHAUTAUQUA MINERAL COLLECTION 



IS COMPOSED OF 



+ + lOO* DIFFERENT -^ MINERALS -^-^ 



From all parts of the World, viz : Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceanica, North. 

 America, South America, West Indies, and Greenland. 



And will be sent post-paid, accompanied with complete descriptive Hand Book, at 

 reduced price of 



onsTL"^ $1.00. 



The following Minerals are found iu this collection, viz : Actlnolite. Agate, Alabaster, 

 Albite, Amethyst, Anhydrite, Anthracite, Apatite, Argentiferous Galena, Asbestus, 

 Asphaltum, Barite, Borax, Buhrstone, Cairngorum, Calamine, C'alcite, Calc Spar, C'annel 

 Coal, Cassiterite, Catlinite, Celestite, Chalcedony, Chalk, Chalycopyrite, Chromite, 

 Coquina, Cryolite, Malachite, Cyanite, Dawsonite, Dendrite, Dolomite "Electric Stone," 

 Trypolyte, Enstatite, Fibrolite, Flint, Flos Ferri, Fhiorite, Franklinite, Galeuite, Garnet, 

 Gold Ore, Gypsum, Indurated Clay, Hematite, Iceland Spar, Jasper. Labradoritej Lead 

 Carbonate, Leelite, Lignite, Limouite, Lodestone, Magnesite, Magnetite, Marble, Marca- 

 site, Mex. Onyx, Muscovite, Milky Quartz, Coke, Natrolite, Obsidian, Woocl Opal, 

 Peacock Coal, Pearl Spar, Pet. Wood and Palm, Phologopite, Porphyry, Pumice, Pyrites, 

 Quartz Xtal, Rose Quartz, Graphite, Satin Spar, Selenite, Serpentine, Sil. Wood, Emery, 

 Sphalerite, Stibnite, Stilbite, Talc. Crocidolite Rensselaerite, Tourmaline. Tufa, Varis- 

 cite, Wavellite, Willemite, Williani.site, Wollongonite, Wood Jasper, Zincite. 



All post-paid for only $1.00. Address, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion. N. Y. 



The Resurrection Plant. 



ONK OF THK 



GREATEST CURIOSITIES OF THE AGE. 



Found clinging- from the barren rocks on the Santa Rosa Mountains of OLD MEXICO. 

 Called by the Mexicans Siempre-viva, meaning- ALWAYS LIVE. 



We take the foll&wing very good description from Gilliam's Catalogue. 



" This singular plant is really one of the wonders of creation. Imagine a bunch of withered looking, 

 curled up shoots, brown, stiff, and apparently dead, resembling a bird's nest. Place it in water, in half an 

 hour what a transformation ! The withered looking bunch ha.s now opened and is transformed into a lovely 

 patch of green moss, entirely covering an ordinary plate. In its native habitat, when the dry season sets in, 

 the plant curls up into a round ball and is wafted away by winds from place to place, sometimes foi hundreds 

 of miles, when at last it reaches a moist spot it gradually unfolds itself, makes new roots and thrives in its new 

 found home. 



DIRECTIONS. — Place the dry plant in water entirely covered for two hours, then take out and put in 

 shallow dish with only roots in water, after remaining in water for a few days, allow the plant to dry up again, 

 then perform the operation as before. The plant will never die, and will open and shut as often as placed in 

 and taken out of water. 



We expect to sell thousands of these plants during the next few months: A more desirable and curious 

 Xmas present would be hard to find. The plant must be seen to be appreciated, and knowing that where we 

 sell one of these plants we are almost certain of selling several more, we have decided to sell at the following 

 very low prices, viz . i plant, post-paid, for only 20 cents ; 3 plants for 50 cents ; 7 for $1.00, or 12 for $1.50 ; 

 er better still, we will send you one of these plants and the Ooi.ogist for 1887, for only 28 cents. (I'hese plants 

 are usually retailed at 50 cents each.) Our Agent is at present in Mexico gathering a new stock of these 

 curious plants, and in order to have them better known we are desirous of having a good live agent in every 

 Post-office in the Union. Address plainly, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



