Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



No. 1. CUQUINA.— The stranj^e shell conglomeration 

 of which the ancient Fort, City Gates, and other 

 structures in St. Augustine were cousiruoted cen- 

 turies ago. 



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

 hama Islands. 



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

 South Carolina. Will grow in the Northern garden. 



No. 4. SEA BEANS.— Four varieties. These 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 — one of the most remarkable of all the sea 

 shells. 



No. 6. COTTON BOLL.— Picked 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 craw-fish. It will remove all 

 foreign substances from the eye, and one should 

 always be kept at hand. 



No. 9. FLEXIBLE <_■< )RAL. — (Gorgonia). -A curious 

 vegetable growth, fmm Nassau, over wliich is a coral 

 formation deposited l>v a marine animal. 



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

 uine currency, issued by the State of North Carolina 

 during the Rebellion, each numbered and signed, an 

 issue found 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," growsfreely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire collection in strong partitioned box, each 

 specimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTS. 

 Address, 



FOKT MARION STORE, St. AiignstiiiP, Fla. 



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Nests and Eggs of North 

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Emu Eggs. 



Regular Price, - - $2.50. 



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Mementos. 



We have in stock a few skins collected by 

 the late John C. Gaboon, with data m.ade out 

 by him, attached. As we have had some appli- 

 cations from parties for specimens collected by 

 him, we sliall reserve the few that we have to 

 meet such demand so long as tliej^ last. 



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New Publications. 



A Manual of North American Butter- 

 flies by CHARLES J. MAYNARD; 

 illustrated with ten hand-colored plates 

 and many wood cuts. 



ONUV $1.50. 



This is one of the most practical (vorks, and illns. 

 tratert in tlie most satisfactory manner that we have 

 seun on the subject. 



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 he of interest to Entomologists, but to any cme inter- 

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