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The fossil plants have been installed in the east basement hall 
of the Museum Building and an arrangement adopted, based on 
the sequence of the geological time divisions : Eozoic, Paleozoic, 
Mesozoic and Neozoic. Specimens belonging to each of these 
divisions are displayed in the four table cases and five wall cases 
at present available, as follo 
North side, first table case nana three wall cases, plants of 
Eozoic and Paleozoic time, including the Laurentian, Cambrian, 
Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous Periods. 
° side, second table case, plants of Mesozoic time, in- 
cluding the Triassic and Jurassic Periods. 
South side, following around the east end, third floor case and 
outh side, fourth floor case and fifth wall case, plants of 
Neozoic time, including the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods. 
The relative amount of space occupied by the plants of each 
of the time divisions is tentative and the particular specimens at 
present displayed are subject to change in the future, in the event 
of more cases being provided and after specimens now in storage 
have been sorted and examined. 
By far the larger part of tne specimens is yet in trays, only 
partially arranged or else packed in boxes and entirely unsorted. 
The two rooms recently built at the east end of the hall are 
being fitted up for sorting and systematically arranging the ma- 
terial not required for display. Stacks of drawers built around 
the walls of the rooms will be constructed for this purpose, plans 
for which have been submitted. By this means collections from 
different localities may be kept separate and at the same time all 
graphs may be noted and suitably labelled, and the best speci- 
mens for display purposes separated out. Type specimens are 
designated by a red star and such as have been used for purposes 
of illustration, but which are not types, by a blue triangle. : 
In the meantime work has been started in the designation of 
