Use of Nature Study Collections 



The following statistical table illustrates the growth of this 

 branch of the work: 



Growth of the Circulating Nature Study Collections 





1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



Number of Collections in Use 

 Number of Schools of Greater 



New York Supplied 



Number of Pupils Studying 



120 



115 



250,000 



400 



200 



375,000 



435 



300 



800,000 



450 



325 



725,000 



484 



383 



575,801 



435 



419 



922,512 









1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



Number of Collections in Use 

 Number of Schools of Greater 



New York Supplied 



Number of Pupils Studying 



the Collections 



390 



334 



839,089 



512 



486 



1,253,435 



537 



491 



1,275,890 



597 



501 



1,378,599 



675 



470 



1,273,853 



671 



473 



1,238,581 





1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 







Number of Collections in Use 

 Number of Schools of Greater 



New York Supplied 



Number of Pupils Studying 



704 



439 



1,118,322 



712 



446 



1,075,076 



629 



419 



790,346 



668 



385 



860,992 











One important feature of this work is the personal relation estab- 

 lished between the teachers and the Museum officers. This is mutu- 

 ally helpful and enables us to enlarge the collections or prepare new 

 ones as the case may require. Thus the emphasis placed in the Sylla- 

 bus upon animals useful to man and animals harmful to man has led 

 to the addition of two new exhibits to the loan series, namely, ten sets 

 of economic insects showing the life history of the destructive tent- 

 caterpillar and of the useful silkworm. The collections were further 

 augmented by the preparation of cases of moths and butterflies for 

 the use of classes in drawing and design, and special collections of 

 birds and shells have been provided. 



A complete list of the circulating nature study collections will be 

 found in Appendix H. 



