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CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 



the museum is indeed glad to cooperate with the school depart- 

 ment. 



Field Work 



Through the activity of the Allen bird club the public has 

 been given opportunity to join in many field excursions. These 

 have included trips to nearby towns where meetings designed to 

 promote an interest in the study and protection of birds were held 

 in cooperation with local granges. As the membership of the 

 club includes botanists, geologists and zoologists, these out-of-door 

 sessions have served for a general study of natural history. 



Gifts 



Aside from large accessions from Mr. Luman Andrews for 

 the botanical department, and Mr. Frank A. Ferret for the Spring- 

 field volcanic research society, no extensive additions have this 

 year been made. There have, however, been many gifts received 

 which are doing the important work of completing series and so 

 perfecting the whole. Mr. Andrews, the museum's indefatigable 

 botanist, now has in the herbarium approximately 13,000 speci- 

 mens that he has collected. Of this number 950 different species 

 have been searched for and found within the limits of Springfield. 

 Names of donors are listed in the appendix of this report. To 

 these and all others who are furthering the interests of this depart- 

 ment the museum makes most grateful acknowledgment. 



Respectfully submitted, 



GRACE F. JOHNSON, Curator. 



