The Kansas City Scientist, 



A continuation of THE NATURALIST, now in its fifth 

 volume, is an illustrated monthly maj^azine, devoted to 

 Art, Science and Literature. "OHicial organ of the 

 Kansas City Academy of Science. 



While of a necessity, to a certain extent technical 

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 EDITOR SCIENTIST, KA NSAS CI TY, MO. 



Cabinet of Southern Curiosities 



CONTAININQ THE FOLLOWING SPECIMENS: 



No.l. COQUIXA.— The strange shell conglomeration 

 of which the uncient Fort, City (rates, and other 

 structures in .St. Augu.stine were constructed cen- 

 turies ago. 



No. '2. WHITE BR.\XCH 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 

 priiductions of nature grow upon vines in sandy soil 

 bordering the ocean on the Bahama Islands, and will 

 mature in tht3 green-house at the North. 



No. .5. BLEEDINC;^ TOOTH.— Resembling a tooth 

 bleeding — one of the most remarkable of all the sea 

 shells. 



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

 cotton-field. 



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

 and decorative 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. !». 'FLEXIBLE CORAL. — (Oorgonia). -A curious 

 vegetable growth, from Nassau, over which is a coral 

 formation dei>osited by a marine animal. 



No. 10. CONFEDERATE M(»NEY.— 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," grows freely in Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. 



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