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has been presented by the American Chicle - A few samples 
of cola nuts and coca leaves complete the 
All the preparations of opium used for are ese polos, of 
Betel nuts and leaves and similar substances are still to be 
secured, 
Drves. 
This department is the most extensively equipped of any in 
the Economic Museum. 
The largest collection is one of nearly 300 specimens of crude 
ie ial donated by Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. 
Messrs. Peek and Velsor have donated thirty-two specimens 
of fee same character. 
From the aie York College of Pharmacy we have received 
in exchange a large series of similar specimens 
The writer -— contributed an extensive eollectan, chiefly of 
rare drugs, collected upon his travels. 
F ard Kemp, isa! through the New York 
College of ees we have a very interesting series of speci- 
mens and eae iisatedve of the source of opium. 
ess . Baker & Co donated two original large 
tubs of ann pee and samples of the refined article, as well 
as of castor oil seeds and castor oil. 
Messrs. Young & Smylie have donated sixteen samples of the 
commercial varieties of licorice-root and of the extract and other 
products made from them. 
Although in the nature of a fiber, absorbent cotton may with 
propriety be mentioned here. Messrs. Seabury & Johnson have 
donated nine large specimens, illustrating not only absorbent 
cotton, but the different stages in its manufacture. 
Resins, INCLUDING RUBBER AND RESIN PRODUCTS. 
Our most extensive exhibit in this department is one of some 
fifty specimens, hase ing all the more i Sa varieties of 
India rubber, donated by the Crude Rubber Co. 
Messrs. Seabury & Johnson have supplied twenty-two large 
and handsome specimens of the resin and rubber employed in the 
manufacture of medicated plaste 
Dr. Charles Mohr, State er of Alabama, has sent us a 
