Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAINING THC FOLLOWING' SPECI MENS! 



No. 1. C(^QUIXA. — The strange shell conglomeration 

 of which the ancient Fort, City Gatefc. and other 

 structures in St. Augustine were constructed cen- 

 turies ago. 



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

 hama Islands. 



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

 South C.irolina. 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 decor.itive purposes. 



No. 8. EVE 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 CORAL. — (Gorgonia). -A curious 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation deposited bv a marine animal. 



Xo. 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 fiuind in but few collections. 



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

 gator. 



No. 12. VEGET.\BLE SPONGE.— A specimen of this 

 curious native growth, called in Spanish "Estra 

 Fajo," grows freely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



This entire collection in strong partitioned box. each 

 apocimen labelled, postpaid for FIFTY CENTS. 

 Address, 



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Foreign Bird Skins. 



We have juit received another large lot of bright 

 foreign skins, con.sisting of 



Paradise Birds, Tanagers, Jajs, Orioles 

 Toucans, Trngons, l'liea-i:iiits, Ace., ie., 



now on exhiliition at 

 7 FRANKLIN STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 



FOR SALE. 



Tarantulas and Horned Toads, neatly 



mounted, ¥1.00 each 



Nest and Eggs of the Ruby-crowned King- 

 let expectad and for sale. 

 Fruit Bats, skins from India, very large 



and fine, 3.00 each 



King Hummer, iine skin, perfect, 15.00 



Whale's teeth, 2.5 cents to 4.00 



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

 Sea Beaver, 50 cents to 1.00 each 



Peacock Feathers, 100 for 1.00 



Pampas Plumes, 10 each 



Frank Blake Webster Dompany, 



7 Franklin St.. Boston, Mass. 



Emu /^ Ostrich Eggs. 



$1.50 - - Each. 



Since ,Tuly 1, 1.S91, we have sold over 500, and the 

 stock will soon be out. Ajtply early. 



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7 Franklin St., - - Boston. Mass. 



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200 just shipped to us from California. 



By mail 50 cents each. 



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You can see more specimens of u.itural 

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