Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



Nu. 1. COQUINA.— The .strange shell congloiueratitin 

 of which the ancient Fort, City Gates, and other 

 8triicturos in Sc. Auj^ustine were constructed cen- 

 turies ago. 



No. 2. WHITE BRANCH CORAL. —From the Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



No. 3. COTTON SEED.— A mammoth variety from 

 South Carolina. Will (;row in the Northern garden. 



No. 4. SEA BEANS.— Four varieties. Theao curious 

 productions of nature grow upon vines in sandy soil 

 bordering the ocean on the Bahama Islands, and will 

 mature in the green-house at the North. 



No. 5. BLEEDING TOOTH.— Resembling a tooth 

 bleeding — ouo of the most remarkable of all the sea 

 shells. 



No. 6. COTTON BOLL.- I'icked from a Southern 

 cotton-field. 



No. 7. PECTEN SHELL.— Much used for ornamental 

 and decorative purposes. 



No. 8. EYE STONE.— A calcareous concretion found 

 in the stomach of the crawfish. It will remove all 

 foreign substances from tlie eye, and one should 

 always be kept at hand. 



No. 9. FLEXIBLE CORAL. — COorgonia). -A curious 

 vegetal)le growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation depnsited by a marine animal. 



No. 10. CONFEDERATE MONEY.— A piece of gen- 

 uine currency, issued by the State of North Carolina 

 durino; the Rebellion, each numbered and signed, an 

 issue f(mnd in but few collections. 



No. 11. ALLIGATOR'S TOOTH.— From a Florida alli- 

 gator. 



No. 12. VEGETABLE SPONGE.— A specimen of this 

 curious native growth, called in Spanish "Estra 

 Pajo,"^row8frQely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire colieetion in strong partitioned box, each 

 specimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTS. 

 Address, 



FORT MARION STORK, St. August ine, Fla. 



Nests and Eggs of North 

 American Birds, 



RV 



OLIVER DAVIE. 



Cloth, $1.75. raiicr, SI. 2.'). 



Every Collpctor .sjioiild have one. 



Emu Eggs. 



Regular Price, - - $2.50. 



Any Subscriber to the O. & O. can have one 

 for $1.50, if orilcrcd at once. 



Birds' Eggs Wanted. 



Send ill a li.st of what you have for exchanfje. 

 Can u.se many common varieties. 



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Parties shipping offgs by mail will lind our 

 nested light wood boxes a great saving. 

 .Sizes -.—2% X 2% X 3 ; 3 x 2^ x 4'/, ; 3% x 3 x 4%. 

 150 for $5.00. 



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Coues' Key to North 

 American Birds. 



Illustrated. $l.r<i). The book for all hands. 



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Hazelwood Station, 

 HYDE PARK, - WIASS. 



Mementoes. 



We have in stock a few skins collected by 

 the late .lohn C. Calioon, with data made out 

 by liim, attached. As we have had soine ai)pli- 

 cations fnmi parties for specimens collected by 

 him, we shall reserve the few that we have to 

 meet such demand so long as they last. 



Frank Blake Webster Company, 



Hyde Park, Mass. 



