Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THe FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



N". 1. COQUINA. — The Strange shell cnngloiuL'rati<iii 

 of which the rincient Fort, City Gates, ami other 

 Rt:ructures in St. Augustine were constructed cen- 

 turies ago. 



No. a. WHITE BR.VXCH CORAL. —From the Ba- 

 hama Islands. 



No. :t. COTTO-V SEED.— A in.inimoth variety Ir.im 

 South Carolina. Will grow in the Northern garden. 



No. 4. SEA DEANS.— 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 grecn-hou.'^e at the North. 



No. 5. BLEEDIS(J TOOTH.— Resembling a tooth 

 bleeding — one of the most re-.narkable of all the sea 

 shells. 



No. G. COTTON BOLL. — Picked from a Southern 

 cotton-fleld. 



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

 and decorative puriio-ses. 



No. a. EYE STOXE.— 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 keiit at hand. 



No. u. FLEXIBLE CORAL. — (Gorgonial. -A curious 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over w.jich is a coral 

 formation leposited bv a marine animal. 



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

 uine currency, issued by the State of North Carolina 

 during the Reliellion, each numbered and signed, an 

 issue found in but few collections. 



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

 gator. 



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

 curious native growth, called in Snani>h "Estra 

 I'ajo," growsfreely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire collection in strong partitioned box, each 

 specimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTS. 

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We have just received another Large lot of bright 

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Tarantulas and Horned Toads, neatly 



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Nest and Eg-AS of the Ruby-crowned King- 

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 Fruit Hats, skins from India, very large 



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King Hummer, fine skin, perfect, 15.00 



Whale's teeth, 25 cents to 4.00 



Horse-foot, Fiddler, Hermit and Rock Crabs, .10 each 

 Sea Heaver, 50 cents to 1.00 each 



Peacock Feathers, 100 for 1.00 



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