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monial classification would have considerable educational ad- 

 vantage and would probably not detract materially from the 

 artistic effect. 



The Basket Hall has proved a great attraction to specialists 

 and to the general public. 



When the number of visitors at the Museum is large, the 

 Basket Hall is usually crowded, and at all times it attracts its 

 share of interest. Many visitors are observed to tarry long, 

 studying the objects critically. Teachers in the public schools 

 frequently bring their classes to the Museum and make use of 

 these exhibits in their school work. 



Some idea can be gotten of the character of these exhibits 

 from the photographs reproduced in this report. 



NOTABLE ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 



The accessions to the Museum and to the Library during the 

 year have been many and valuable. Only a few of the more 

 notable ones will be mentioned here. 



In the Department of Botany large and valuable collections 

 of herbarium specimens have been received as donations from 

 Doctors Charlotte and Fred Baker of San Diego, Mrs. A. L. 

 Coombes of San Francisco, Miss Sophie Fauntleroy of Santa 

 Barbara, Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Hawver of San Francisco, 

 Dr. Harold Heath of Stanford University, Mrs. G. Earle Kelly 

 of Alameda, Mrs. Ernest Meiere of San Francisco, Mr. Justin 

 P. Moore, Mrs. Zelia Nuttall, Mr. G. P. Rixford of San Fran- 

 cisco, Mr. L. E. Smith of Sisson, Cal., Dr. E. C. Van Dyke of 

 Berkeley, Miss Ethel Wickes of San Francisco, and Mrs. 

 Elizabeth Wright of Calistoga. 



In addition to these there have been received either by ex- 

 change, purchase, or exploration, many large and important 

 collections. 



The Department of Entomology has received a number of 

 unusually large and important donations, chiefly from Dr. F. 

 E. Blaisdell of San Francisco, Mr. B. Preston Clark of Boston, 

 Dr. Frank C. Clark of Los Angeles, Dr. W. M. Crowfoot of 

 Suffolk, England, Mr. Frank Daggett of Los Angeles. Mr. 

 C. A. Hill of Los Angeles, Mr. W. M. Gift'ard of Honolulu. 

 Mr. J. August Kusche of Eldridge, Cal., Mr. E. J. Newcomer 



