NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS 27 



Mineralogy. 930 specimens arranged in systematic series. 



Economic geology. 149 specimens of Georgia ores, clays, abra- 

 sives, etc.; 50 eight inch cubes of building stones including 

 marble, granite, gneiss, hornblende, sandstone, serpentine and 

 Caen stone, from various localities in the state, uniformly 

 ^iressed to show susceptibility to various methods of finishing. 

 A series of six slabs of marble, white, mottled, pink and gray, 

 from the quarries of the Georgia marble co., at Tate; a pyramid 

 of large lumps of pyrite from Lumpkin county ; and a few large 

 specimens of ores of gold, iron and manganese. 



Zoology, Collections small. 



Botany. 147 specimens of Georgia woods, cut and polished; 

 236 bottles containing specimens of fruit; an imperfect series of 

 ■cotton from plant to spindle. 



Material exhibited by Georgia at the Cotton states and inter- 

 national exposition, including besides that above mentioned, a 

 relief map of that part of Georgia surveyed by the United States 

 geological survey; 282 specimens of mineral waters; photo- 

 graphic transparencies of Georgia scenery; and 203 Indian 

 relics. 



Total, 3352 catalogued specimens. 



Mercer university, Macon. J. F. Sellers, professor of geology, in 

 -charge. G. W. Macon, professor of biology. 



Paleontology. Willett collection of about 1000 specimens of 

 Mesozoic invertebrate fossils, chiefly Cretaceous; Tolafree col- 

 lection of about 500 specimens of Paleozoic invertebrate fossils, 

 chiefly Devonian; about 300 specimens of Paleozoic invertebrate 

 fossils, chiefly Silurian; about 200 specimens of Mesozoic verte- 

 t)rate fossils consisting of fish teeth and vertebrae from the Cre- 

 taceous of southwestern and middle Alabama; miscellaneous 

 collection of about 500 invertebrate fossils. Paleozoic, Mesozoic 

 and Tertiary. Total number of specimens 2500. This museum 

 has for exchange about 250 invertebrate Cretaceous fossils. 



Mineralogy. Mercer collection of about 1000 rocks, chiefly 

 from United States; Shepard collection of about 1200 minerals 

 from various localities; J. Lawrence Smith collection of about 



