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considerable number of wild vegetable foods accumulated in 
connection with a series of articles which I have been con- 
tributing to Country Life in America. 
A collection of 250 specimens of foods and grains has been 
contributed by Mr. L. Bell Martin, and a number of tropical 
fruits by Mr. Ferdinand von Wilmouskey, of this city. 
The rearrangement of the specimens referred to, especially 
of the rubbers, resins, sugars and starches, was rendered 
necessary to provide space for the Merck collection. Ad- 
vantage was taken of this opportunity for effecting a more 
natural and instructive grouping of these articles. The same 
consideration has led us to make a pretty thorough rearrange- 
ment of the specimens of drugs and poisons. 
Of the newly acquired specimens, many still remain in 
storage, owing to the want of suitable exhibition jars. The 
need for additional accommodation of this kind is urgent and 
threatens to check the development of our museum, so far as 
exhibition work is concerned. 
During the late summer, I visited the Field Museum of 
Natural History, of Chicago, and also the lumber districts of 
Central Michigan, on the shore of Lake Huron. Separate 
reports of these visits have been submitted. 
Although not directly connected with the Museum, the re- 
lations thereto of the Economic Garden, established late in the 
year, are so close that mention of the latter seems here desir- 
able. Aside from its function as a part of the out-door ex- 
hibit, this garden will be certain to serve a useful purpose in 
supplying museum material, both for our own cases and for 
exchange purposes. 
Respectfully submitted, 
H. H. Russy, 
Honorary Curator of the Economic Collections. 
