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Reference to the floor plan and its accompanying legend will 
indicate the relative position of the various groups of plants and 
plant-products now comprising the economic collection. Foods 
and fibers occupy the west hall ; the former in cases on the north 
side, the latter on the sout The west wing is mainly given 
over to exhibits other than fade fibers, drugs and woods. The 
east hall contains the drugs, while the east wing is set aside for 
the woods and wood products. 
The contents of the museum may be briefly outlined as fol- 
lows:* Blocks numbered 1, 2 and 3 contain fibers. e cases 
adjacent to the center of the building, and the entrance, are 
given over to cotton and cotton products, the most important of 
the fibers of vegetable origin, while in the succeeding cases are 
displayed various other economic fibers and fiber products ar- 
ranged in the sequence of the natural families. Block 4 contains 
rubber and gums and resins. Block 5 is occupied by a fine col- 
lection of vanilla and tonka beans, licorice and spices. Block 6 
is given over to fodders. Block 7 contains tobacco, mastica- 
tories and the miscellaneous oe products. Block 8 contains 
the various beverages. oc s given over to the fixed and 
volatile oils, including the ae pene es which the oils 
are derived and their bye-products. Block 10 contains the speci- 
mens of sugarsand starches. Block 11 is divided between speci- 
mens of wood- and straw-paper andcork. Blocks numbered 12, 
13 and 14, consisting of the same number of units that are given 
over to the fibers, are occupied by the foods. Here as in the 
case of the fibers the same general plan of arrangement has been 
adopted, thus the cases adjacent to the center of the building are 
given over to the specimens of the cereals, which taken together 
represent the most important foods of vegetable origin, and fol- 
lowing these are the other foods, mostly fruits, primarily divided, 
as nearly as possible into two groups, the dry and the juicy, each 
group arranged in the sequence of the ace families. 
The six blocks numbered 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 contain 
the drug-plants and drugs, In these the specimens are divided 
e numbers of the blocks of exhibition cases used in the succeeding paragraphs 
refer to those on the floor plan accompanying this article. 
