Curator's Report. 



For the educational part of our Report for 1910, we have 

 taken a subject that will, we think, be not only interesting, but 

 beneficial, to our schools, and to a large number of people of the 

 State. 



It is well known that the Flora of Southern New Jersey is 

 an interesting subject, one that should to a certain extent be 

 taught in our public schools. We have had many requests for 

 information on this subject, but have never been able to give 

 any printed work giving the information desired. To present 

 this subject we have selected a gentleman who has made a study 

 of i't for many years, one whose statements can be relied upon, 

 Mr. Witmer Stone of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., who gave us such good reports on the Mammals, 

 and the Birds, their Nests and Eggs. 



Our intention was to publish with this report a paper on the 

 Fresh and Salt Water Shell Fish of New Jersey, but we found 

 that it would make too large a volume, so have concluded to 

 defer that subject until 191 1' for our next Annual Report. 

 It is to be comp'iled by Mr. Silas C. Wheat, who has devoted 

 much time to this subject in collections and study. 



The Report for 1908, "The Birds, Their Nests and Eggs," 

 has met with much praise and has been in great demand. It is 

 used as a reference book in most of the public schools. It was 

 placed in nearly all of the public school libraries and State Public 

 Libraries. We exchange reports with a great many of the 

 United States Departments at Washington, and with many of the 

 Public Museums and institutions similar to our own, and also 

 with several of the principal colleges and libraries in the United 

 States. We are thus collecting a valuable library for the New 

 Jersey State Museum. 



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