FIRST FLOOR 



Turning as before to the east, one enters the first hall of the 

 East Wing (No. io6), which is devoted to the exhibit of North 

 American Forestry. At the entrance of the hall, there has been 

 placed a key-diagram giving the plan of arrangement of the col- 

 lection, which should be consulted by the student. 



The exhibit consists of the Jesup Collection of Trees of North 

 America, which is the most complete collection of the kind in 

 any museum. The specimens are elaborately labeled North 



and are accompanied by water-color sketches of American 

 leaves, flowers and fruit. Small maps show^ the geo- Forestry, 

 graphical distribution of each species. The general scheme of 

 arrangement is that conifers, chestnuts, oaks etc., are on the 

 north side of the hall, while walnuts, maples, ebony, mahogany 

 etc., are on the south side. The collection was presented to the 

 Museum by its president, Morris K. Jesup, Esq. 



For lack of space here, two important wood specimens have 

 been placed in the next hall. 



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