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room 12 feet in diameter. The foregromid from six to 

 nine feet in depth merges into the panorama on the can- 

 vsiss. On the left is a wood, on the right brush, in front 

 is a valley. An actual stream of water trickles from a 

 spring and flows into the river. Appropriately placed in 

 the foreground are more than two hundred characteristic 

 Illinois mushrooms, made in wax and plaster. They are 

 so skilfully wrought that it is almost impossible to dis- 

 tinguish the models from the original mushrooms. Doubt- 

 less in no other place is there a mushroom group of such 

 artistic and scientific merit and it is our belief that this 

 collection will be of practical as well as scientfic 

 and artistic interest. This work was made possible 

 by the generosity of Mr. J. W. Bunn and is 

 being executed by Marchand. For nearly twenty years 

 Mr. Marchand has been studying mushrooms and has 

 made cast of many hundreds of species. Here are sam- 

 ples of four species — Amanita muscaria, Coprinus com- 

 atus, Galeria tenera and Sparassis crispa. 



