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and clays; geodes, stellate masses of selenite, large crystals^ 

 models, diagrams, photographs, etc. 



Photographs for exchange. 



Mineralogy. 5000 specimens. Over 2000 species from Euro- 

 pean and American localities. The Dr F. E. Ohatard, the Dr 

 -Hiley and the Dr E. A. Dalrymple collections. Many rare forms 

 from the Bare Hills, Jones Falls, Mineral Hill, the Blue Ridge 

 mountains and other Maryland localities. 



Zoolofjy. Many thousands of specimens representing the 

 whole fauna of Maryland. A large series of mounted birds and 

 mammals, reptiles and fishes are exhibited. The birds of Mary- 

 land are mounted in separate upright cases showing changes of 

 plumage, with young, nests and eggs, etc. A very extensive 

 collection of insects of all orders from all parts of Maryland. 



There is a general collection of shells, specially rich in Unios. 



Botany. A nearly complete collection of the plants of the 

 state representing about 1500 species, 500 of which are fungi. 



Ethnology. 10,000 specimens mostly Indian relics from Mary- 

 land. 



Maryland geological survey, Baltimore. William Bullock Clark, 

 state geologist. 



Paleontology. Collection at ijresent incomplete, but arranged 

 to illustrate the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Tertiary formations of 

 Maryland. 



Mineralogy. Preliminary and incomplete collection illustrat- 

 ing a large variety of species. 



Historic geology. Collections incomplete but containing a 

 large amount of material from the Devonian, Carboniferous, 

 Eocene, Miocene and Pleistocene formations. A systematic 

 collection consisting of fossils, rocks, ores, etc., representing ail 

 geologic formations, from Maryland localities, is exhibited in 

 cases in the entrance hall of the Administration building. 



Economic geology. Part of the collections are exhibited in two 

 rooms on the ground floor of the Administration building. One 

 room is devoted to stone and contains 60 dressed and polished 

 cubes 8x8x8 inches of building stones from Maryland' quarries. 



