10 DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS 



BOTANY. A. The Mohr herbarium, comprising (i) 2500 species 

 of ferns and flowering plants growing without cultivation in Alabama, 

 and 2500 species of algae, lichens, fungi, mosses, and liverworts of 

 Alabama. (2) A forestry collection, comprising (a) specimens of the 

 native woods of Alabama in blocks of brick shape with appropriate 

 labels, collected by Dr. Mohr in 1880 for the geological survey and 

 representing 125 species; (b) 150 specimens in individual glass-front 

 cases, illustrating the foliage, flowers, and fruit of the species included 

 in (a) ; (c) manuscript maps by Dr. Mohr, illustrating the geographical 

 distribution of the most important timber trees. This extensive her- 

 barium of native plants was collected by Dr. Charles A. Mohr and Dr. 

 Eugene A. Smith, and presented by them to the geological survey of 

 Alabama in 1873. It was the basis of Dr. Mohr's report on "The 

 Plant Life of Alabama." Since that time many additions have been 

 made by Dr. Mohr, who also did all the work of mounting and arrang- 

 ing the specimens . B . The Peters collection , th e gift of J udge Thomas 

 Minott Peters, comprising (a) the T. M. Peters collection of no 

 species of mosses, 23 of algae, 500+ of Alabama fungi, no of Alabama 

 lichens, and 200 of the genus Car ex; (b) fascicles I-V of RavenePs 

 Fungi Caroliniani exsiccati, 500 species; (c) fascicles I-V of Tucker- 

 man's Lichenes Amer. Septr., 150 species. These are all mounted in 

 bound volumes, and constitute a most valuable part of the herbarium. 



GEOGRAPHY. A large relief map of the southern Appalachian 

 region, the work of E. E. Howell, and many maps and sections pre- 

 pared by the state and United States surveys, together with models 

 and relief maps for educational purposes. 



GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY. The collections of the geological 

 survey of the state are by law deposited in the museum, comprising 

 75,ooo fossils and 5ooo minerals and rocks illustrative of Alabama 

 geology and mining industries. There is also a very large and fine 

 series of tertiary fossils, presented by Mr. T. H. Aldrich and including 

 the co-types of species described by him; the Lommel collection of 

 i ooo specimens of European fossils and rocks; the Scho waiter collection 

 of minerals and fossils; extensive collections from New York, Vermont, 

 Indiana, Wisconsin, etc. ; and an extensive series from the United States 

 geological survey. Among the fossils, the type series of Alabama 

 coal plants, described by Lesquereux, deserve special mention. 



ZOOLOGY, (i) The conchological collections of about 2000 spe- 

 cies, comprising (a) the classical Schowalter collection of 100,000 land, 

 fresh- water, and marine shells from all parts of the world; (b) the Mohr 

 collection of land, fresh-water, and marine shells from all parts of the 



