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county. In Agricultural Hall there were botanical displays more or 

 less extensive in the exhibits of several States. From California there 

 were some interesting botanical specimens of the Sierra Nevada Mount- 

 ains. In the Missouri display was an exhibit of two or three hundred 

 botanical specimens, prepared by Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt. A well 

 prepared collection of six hundred species of Illinois plants was among 

 the exhibits of the Illinois Industrial University, in the gallery of the 

 Main Building. In the Main Building, also, was a display of five or 

 six hundred species of plants from North Carolina. 



The largest collection of American plants was an Herbarium of the 

 plants of Canada, prepared by Prof. J. Macoun, of Belleville, Canada 

 West. This Herbarium embraced a pretty full representation of the 

 plants of Canada and the country west to the Pacific. 



In the Mexican exhibit was an Herbarium in five volumes of medi- 

 cinal plants of that country, prepared by Dr. Barcena. The Argentine 

 Republic and Chili also presented several small Herbaria of their 

 medicinal plants, mostly in a very rude state of preparation. In the 

 school exhibits of several European countries there were school Herbaria 

 illustrative of important economic plants or of the principal orders. 

 In the Swedish School Building was a very complete and well prepared 

 Herbarium of the Scandinavian Flora, embracing over one thousand 

 two hundred species. This Herbarium was purchased by Mr. J. C. 

 Martindale, of Camden, New Jersey. From Sweden also came 

 a small but nearly complete collection of the Flora of Spitzbergen, 

 embracing about three hundred species. This collection was donated 

 to the Smithsonian Institution. In the Spanish Building was a pretty 

 large collection of the woody and herbaceous plants of the Phillipine 

 Islands, prepared by Dr. Videl, a member of the Spanish Commission. 

 In the exhibit of the Sandwich Islands all visitors will remember the 

 large display of the beautiful ferns of that country. A similar display 

 was made by New Zealand. In the Queensland display were some 

 five or six hundred species, prepared by F. M. Bailey, Government 

 botanist at Brisbane. But the largest and most valuable collection 

 from Australia was a pretty complete Flora of New South Wales, pre- 

 pared in two royal large volumes and embracing, probably, one thou- 

 sand five hundred species. These Australian collections were presented 

 to the Department of Agriculture. 



