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arranged in the form of a Buddhist temple. This shrine con- 

 tains gods^ effigies, symbolic flowers, temple furniture, and 

 fittings of every description secured from places of worship in 

 almost ever}^ eastern country. During the winter months, Prof. 

 Sommerville gives a series of public lectures on " Buddhism '^ 

 in this unique temple on Sunday afternoons at 2.30 o'clock. 



The collections are open to visitors daily, holidays excepted, 

 from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. On Sundays, they are open from 2 p. m. 

 to 6 p. m. 



For the prosecution of special studies in the museum, appli- 

 cation should be made to the various curators in charge of the 

 several sections. 



Wagner free institute of science, Philadelphia. Thomas L. 

 Montgomery, acinar^/; Thomas H. Montgomery jr. director of 

 museum; Charles W. Johnson, ourator of museum. 



Paleontology. 20,000 specimens : a general collection arranged 

 stratigraphically, specially rich in American Tertiary. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens: a general and a local collection. 



Zoology. 25,000 specimens: local, general and synoptic 

 collections. 



Botany. 1000 specimens: a local collection; a set of " Musci 

 borali-Americani " by Sullivant and Lesquereux. 



Ethnology. The Clarence Bloomfield Moore collection of 1200 

 relics from the fresh-water shell mounds of the St Johns river 

 valley, Florida; described in the American naturalist, 1892-93. 



Free lectures are given at the Institute on the following sub- 

 jects: chemistry, biology, geology^ physics and engineering. 

 Classes are formed in connection with the lectures, the institute 

 providing the textbooks, and the museum furnishing material 

 for study. The William Wagner reference collection of books 

 on natural science is open to the public every day for reference 

 purposes and there is a branch of the free library of Phila- 

 delphia in the building which furnishes books for home use. 



Washington and Jefferson college, Washington. Edwin Linton, 

 professor of biology and geology, in charge. 



Paleontology. Collection contains several hundred exhibited 

 specimens, and three or four times as many which are not yet 



