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CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 



Frank D. Bishop. Collection of seeds. 

 George S. Lewis, Jr. Collection of seeds and fibers. 

 Robert O. Morris. Picture of "Queen Elm." 

 William E. Parsons. Herbarium specimens. 



Claytonia caroliniana, Huntington. 



Waldsteinia fragarioides, Huntington. 



Hierochloa borealis, Feeding Hills. 

 Fannie A. Stebbins, Collection of vegetable galls. 



Department of History of Mankind. 



Nathan D. Bill. Collection of Cliff Dwellers' pottery, Arizona; and 



Indian baskets from British Columbia and Oregon. 

 Miss Mary A. Booth. Colonial relics, Longmeadow. 

 AVillard C. Gompf, Hartford, Conn. Collection of historical relics. 

 Clarence B. Moore, Philadelphia, Pa. Collection of prehistoric pottery, 



Arizona. 



W. Thornton Parker, M. D. Arm-band worn in Boer War. 



Miscellaneous Gifts. 



William B. Kirkham. Collection of books, apparatus, and natural his- 

 tory specimens. 



W. Thornton Parker, M. D. Collection of books, bird plates, and woods. 

 Horace Smith estate. Six hundred dollars for publication of bulletins 

 No. 3 and 4. 



Since the lists issued in the last report, one society has been added 

 to our list of exchange publications, viz.: Perthshire Society of Natural 

 Science, Perth, Scotland. 



TREES. 



Articles giving descriptions and locations of trees in Springfield, printed in 

 the City Library Bulletin, December, 1906, to May, 1909. 



In various parts of the city there are trees which at different seasons 

 are conspicuous because of seed pods, color, or certain peculiarities of appear- 

 ance; also some rare species. Descriptions of, or specimens from, such trees 

 are frequently brought to the museum by persons wishing to know more 

 about them, and so much interest has been shown that the museum is 

 publishing in the library bulletins brief accounts of some of the more 

 noticeable and rare species. 



Notes for these accounts are taken principally from Charles Sprague Sar- 

 gent's "Silva of North America," a choice and extensively illustrated worK 

 of fourteen volumes in the Catharine L. Howard Library in the Science 

 Building. This library is open to the public from 1 to 5 p. m. in winter, 

 2 to 6 p. m. in summer. 



Trees (Ivscriheil. — Three-thorned Acacia or Honey Locust (Glcdifschia 

 tr}nr<n,!hns\ in tlx I'lillitin for December, 1906. 2. Kentucky Coffee Tree 

 {Gijini.ni-laihis ilininn in January, 1907. 3. Yellow Locust or False Acacia 

 {h'ohinin inhirarid) in February. 4. Sycamore or Buttonwood (Platarins 

 ovridciihilist III Alaicli. ,5. Tulip Tree or Yellow Poplar (Liriodcndron tulipifera) 

 in April. G. Cat,ili>a in May. 7. Giimkd in .Tune. 8. Maples in August- 

 September. 9. Ila( kl.( riy or Suga '1 n'ri>- (j'cltis occidefitalis) in October. 

 10. Ailanthus. MMi i -ni- 1 i. a\ en. or (Miinosc .'-^uniac (Ailxnilhus glajuhilosa) in 

 NcnciulK 1-. 11, I'liiH ]<i, I '(■iii.(iiil,L;'\ Sair Cam or Black Gum (Xi/f^sa st/lvatica) 

 in iJecember. 12. Yellow-wood, Virgilia (CUidrastis lutca) in January, 1908. 

 13. Pines: (a) AVhite Pine (Piirus strohus), (b) Pitch Pine (Phiiif^ rigida). 



