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5. Many young 1 persons suppose that it is of para- 

 mount importance to know the name of every specimen. 

 Therefore, finding* it difficult to ascertain all names at 

 once, they become cliscourag-ed and give up their purpose. 



6. Finally, a mercenary few collect, hoping- to sell 

 again. It is needless to say that they ar,e usually dis- 

 appointed in this hope, and that whether or not they suc- 

 ceed in making- money, they utterly fail of reaping- the 

 true benefits we propose for them from their home mu- 

 seum. 



This mention of some of the more common causes 

 of failure anticipates by contrast the sources of success. 

 A museum should be started for the purpose of learning 

 by personal observation, or of furnishing an opportunity 

 for others to do so. Resolutely excluding the curiosity- 

 shop idea, the collector should first definitely decide what 

 kind of a museum he will make. 



To aid him in this, I will indicate several distinct 

 sorts of museums, adapted to persons of different tastes. 



1. An unlimited collection; usually unfortunate. 



2. A collection limited as to place. For example, all 

 the different specimens that can be found in a given 

 county, in a certain township, by the banks of some 

 stream, or on a selected mountain. 



3. A collection limited as to time. Specimens found 

 between May and September. 



4. A collection limited in kind, e.g., minerals, 

 stamps, ferns, beetles, seeds, snow-crystals. 



5. Collections limited in two or more of these ways; 

 as, for example, flowers that blossom on Mt. Washington 

 in June; the varieties of quartz that occur in your own 

 town; the insects that visit your rosebush during one 

 year. 



G. Group-collections, by which I mean collections of 



