Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



Totals, . . . 180 — 113 . . 768 — 371 



REMARKS ON DEPARTMENT OF PALEONTOLOGY. 



Though the collection may not be called large it is in excellent 

 condition and contains many rare and very valuable specimens. 



The horn cores of Bison lati/rons, and the cranium of Bootherium 

 Cavif/vns, which are in almost perfect state of preservation, are of 

 great value and would be the pride of any museum in the world. 



The gaps which exist in the local collection, may, I believe, be 

 filled by members and friends of the Society, if they be informed 

 of what is lacking, and solicited, on behalf of the Society, to fill 

 such of these wants as they may feel able to do. 



This department should above all others be complete in its local 

 collection. In this city, situated in what is known in this country 

 and Europe as the classical ground of the Lower Silurian, there 

 certainly should be a complete collection of its fossils, and under 

 every consideration this Society should possess it. 



II. BOTANY. 



There are in the herbarium of this Society about 3,500 species of 

 plants represented. This number does not include the Morgan 

 Collection of Fungi, of which mention will be made later. The 

 flora of California and Mexico is well represented ; largely in col- 

 lections from these localities purchased from C. G. Pringle. 



