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sairways in the German section of the western gallery are models of 
Caviceps and Puccinia made by Paul Osterloh, of Leipzig, and colored 
wall charts with black back ground of flower dissections, published by 
fommann and Morian, of Darmstadt (Fred. Buch, 1138 Milwaukee 
Ave,, Chicago, agent). 
Avery large series of the Brendel models is shown by the manufac- 
| gg the school supplies in the German section in the first 
ery. 
Inthe space devoted to botany in the exhibit of Agricultural Colleges 
ind Etperiment Stations in the Agricultural Building will be found, 
| side the collections already referred to, a fine set of thirty vials con- 
_ Stlngroot tubercles of different species of Leguminose from the virgin 
- Soilof North Dakota, prepared by Prof. H. L. Bolley, aset of Halsted’s 
Weed seeds invials, a full-sized model of the famous experiment con- 
a by President Clark, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
“¥hich a squash was made to lift a weight of 5,000 pounds as its size in- 
_ Sesed by growth, and also a model of the present vegetation house and 
aboratory building of thatinstitution. There area number of standard 
LE. ‘Say gourd, coleus, phlox, etc., and preparations by Prof. 
3 tinted showing the distribution in the soil of the roots of common 
ts, 
=. foe : 
‘ abr exhibit is a case devoted to physiological apparatus 
Ay ©. Arthur, showing twenty-three pieces, a few of which 
the only ai ‘tt part made from original designs. It appears to 
i splay j : ; : it 
Rtn the ating vegetable physiology in whole 
: ® thown aed thirty-four American and forty-eight foreign botanists 
& tthibit of ” Place. _A:still larger number, however, are shown in 
Fld a Michigan Agricultural College, in the Liberal Arts 
Mic pag Photographs may also be seen of the grounds and 
= £0 of that institution, 
. ~— Photographs, 4 by 5 inches, of plant galls and none 
Mescionne exhibited by Miss Cora H. Clark,of Jamaica Plain, Mass., 
tras, Dig of the Woman’s Building. There are many fine 
fea Wales, “nts of views in the Botanic Garden of Sidney, New 
Sag algo a gallery under the dome of the Horticultural Build- 
Taig, in the “ews of the botanical garden of the Royal University 
AY yy ME TOOm. . 
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