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A collection of red sea-weeds is also shown in these rooms, but 
winformation about them could be obtained. 
_ Inthe Mexican exhibit in the west gallery of the Liberal Arts Build- 
igisacollection by F. Altamirano of the National Medical Institute. 
; specimens are mounted on standard herbarium paper, and ar- 
‘aged in genus covers. They are intended to be placed in five shelf 
‘Gets imitating finely bound books, which accompany them. A few 
‘teets are displayed loosely in the show case. 
lathe Agricultural Building, the Colorado pavilion contains a col- 
tstion of fine large specimens of grasses in swinging frames, from the 
Sate Agricultural College. 
~The Minnesota pavilion has over 170 oak frames filled with herba- 
ii of grasses and forage plants, disposed about the posts and 
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Inthe exhibit of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, in 
: south-western corner of the same building, there is a small herb- 
‘SMM case of about twelve pigeon-holes containing mounted speci- 
ong also about 100 sheets of Scribner’s American grasses in swing- 
oe fames, and about fifty of Halsted’s American weeds placed behind 
"tops and fruits comprise 112 sheets, prepared by Prof. S. 
_. of cotton and carnations, twenty-eight sheets, pre- 
sheets - Geo, F. Atkinson, diseases of grasses and grains, sixty- 
eos by Prof. L. H. Pammel and Prof. H. L. Bolley, 
Ag, = of plants, forty-seven sheets, prepared by Prof. S. M. 
- Henderson. The labels for the most part give 
1on regarding the occurrence of the species, and 
€ of the best herbaria shown. : 
ilding: ang cg nechi829_ Agricultural College, in the Liberal 
Q conta; . the Illinois University in the Illinois State Build- 
ing ik. 2! Pigeon-holed case partly filled with specimens, 
Ming, StUCtion of herbarium cases and the formation of 
Sxhibit of the 
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Hieron abit in the Liberal Arts Building are two hed 
"Siecati ny us and Pax entitled “Herbarium Cecidiologicum, 
8alls, also a volume of Paul Hennings’ “Phycotheca 
