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The east wing is given over to the woods and wood-prod- 
ucts. Blocks 21, 22, 23 and 24 contain specimens of woods 
from many parts of the world, while block 30 contains 
various wood-products and carbons. Blocks 25 to 35 are 
made of six cases of special design, devised to exhibit the 
North American trees by means of examples of the wood, 
accompanied by drawings, photographs and various illustra- 
tive specimens. 
4. Systematic Museum. The addition of new cases 
necessitated the complete or partial readjustment of the 
several departments of this museum. 
(2) Synoptic collection. The case equipment of this col- 
lection was about doubled, and this condition necessitated the 
installation of fully as many specimens as had been in use 
heretofore. These specimens are now at hand; many have 
been installed, others are in preparation and will soon be 
placed in the cases. 
The display of algae has been doubled by the addition of 
specimens and plates mounted on cardboard, and specimens 
in jars. The display of fungi, lichens, hepatics, mosses and 
ferns and fern-allies is being increased in the same way as 
in the case of the algae. The display of the flowering plants 
has been more than doubled by the increased exhibits of the 
larger natural families and the addition of a plate represent- 
ing a plant of each family. 
This collection now occupies twenty-eight blocks of cases. 
Blocks 1, 2 and 3 contain the algae or sea-weeds, with the 
exception of the first section of block number one which is 
given over to the myxomycetes or slime-moulds. Blocks 4, 
5, 6and 7 contain the fungi, while the lichens occupy block 
8. The hepatics are displayed in block number 9, the first 
section of which is also given to the Laboulbeniomycetes. 
The mosses occupy blocks 10 andr. Block 12, together 
with half of block 13, contains the ferns and fern-allies, while 
the rest of number 13 is given over to the gymnosperms. The 
remaining 15 blocks are devoted to the flowering plants. 
(6) Local flora. Six new stands were added to the equip- 
