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ripe fruit, an enlarged flower in section, a cluster of Ylang-ylang fruits 

 with leaves, a cluster of Pawpaw's with leaves and a Pawpaw fruit in 

 section, a ripe Custard-apple with leaves; The Smartweed Family: a 

 large branch of the Sea Grape tree in full leaf, flower and fruit, with an 

 enlarged section of the flowering rhachis with three fully developed 

 flowers; The Lily Family: a complete natural-size plant of Aloes in full 

 flower, associated with this is a model of the summit of a lily plant in 

 flower and a sectioned ovary; The Pomegranate Family: a natural-size 

 branch of a Pomegranate tree in full leaf and flower, an enlarged flower, 

 in section, with two sections of the ovary, and a ripe pomegranate 

 sectioned to show the peculiar arrangement of the seeds; ThePapaw 

 Family: a complete simimit of a Papaw tree in full leaf, female flower 

 and all stages of developing fruits, a complete male inflorescence, an 

 enlarged male and female flower, in section, and a full-ripe fruit cut to 

 reveal the disposition of the seeds; The Arum Family: a complete, 

 natural-size Anthuritim in full leaf, flower and fruit, growing from the 

 crotch of a tree and showing the aerial root system; with this are two 

 flower spathes of the Indian Turnip cut to show the bases of the male 

 and female spadices, a complete ripe fruit cluster, an enlarged stamen 

 and the section of an ovary; The Nutmeg Family: a branch of a Nutmeg 

 tree in full leaf, flower and fruit, enlarged male and female flowers, in 

 section, a sectioned ovary and a ripe fruit opened to reveal the mace 

 and nutmeg within; The Madder Family: a large branch of a coffee 

 tree in full leaf, flower and developing fruit, an enlarged flower, in 

 section, two sections of a ripe fruit showing the position of the twin 

 coffee "berries" and a full plant of M3rrmecodium — the "Living 

 Ant's-nest"; The Chocolate Family: the simimit of a Chocolate tree 

 in full flower and developing fruit, with a branch in full leaf, an enlarged 

 flower and a ripe fruit opened to reveal the disposition of the "beans"; 

 The Lignum- Vitae Family: a natural-size branch of Lignum- vitae in 

 full leaf, flower and fruit, an enlarged flower, in section, two sections of 

 the ovary and mature fruits of another species; The Clove Family: a 

 natural-size branch of the Guava tree in full leaf, flower and mature 

 fruit, with this an enlarged flower, in section, and a sectional ovary; 

 The Mushrooms: the following species have been reproduced toward 

 illustrating the edible and poisonous mushrooms: clusters of two 

 Tricholomas, Grifola, Peziza, Armillana, Marasmtus, Amanita, Russula, 

 Coprinus, and Agaricus campestris, also a large specimen of Clavatia 

 gigantea and another broken open to reveal the texture of the interior; 

 The Bacteria: a monographic series of reproductions, in glass, micro- 

 detailing a nimiber of well-known species of disease germs, ferments, 

 etc., tribal types, reproduction, nucleation and methods of cultivation; 



