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crowding our cases beyond desirable limit, some of them 
to their utmost capacity, so that new ones are needed at 
once. I recommend that these be supplied by the instal- 
lation of intermediate cases about the pillars on the eastern 
half of the main floor, to correspond with those already so 
placed in the western half. ‘This increased room is specially 
desired for the elaboration of our representation of the 
poisonous plants of this region. This I think should be 
made a strong feature of our museum, and I have plans, 
the execution of which will require an entire additional 
unit of cases. 
An equally urgent requirement is that of printed labels. 
Practically all of the additions of the past two years, be- 
sides many others, are without labels, other than the 
written memoranda placed in the jars for identification 
purposes. I estimate that more than two thousand labels 
now require printing, which number will rapidly increase. 
It is to be hoped that arrangements can be made in the 
early future for some extensive collecting for this museum. 
We have very few of the specimens peculiar to Alaska and 
the adjacent region and there is a long list of desiderata of 
articles used by the aborigines of the Rocky Mountain 
region. Many edible products peculiar to the southern 
Alleghanies are also much needed. While many of these 
articles may be obtained by gift or exchange, experience 
has shown that the only efficient and reliable method is 
that of carefully arranged collecting expeditions by our 
own people. 
The aggregate operations above recorded have greatly 
advanced the preparation of our Guide Book toward the 
stage of printing, although considerable work remains to 
be done upon the manuscript, in the way of verifying or 
correcting botanical names, and adding of items of informa- 
tion. The entire series requires numbering. The articles 
in the western half of the building were numbered last 
year, but the additions have been so very numerous that 
it seems desirable to renumber them as nearly as possible 
at the time that the printing is begun. 
