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6 were installed six cases of Apache material, comprising objects of 

 personal adornment, accessories to dress, children's playthings, 

 medicine, foods, games, awl cases, musical instruments, grinding 

 implements, transportation, basketry, and warfare. Three cases will 

 be required to complete the installation of the Apache material. In 

 the south end of the Hall have been installed the Navaho exhibits, 

 largely the gift of Mr. Ayer, and consisting chiefly of blankets and a 

 splendid lot of old Navaho basketry. A case of old Tlingit armor 

 has been installed in Alcove in. Owing to the crowded condition 

 of the Egyptian Hall, the installation there of the sarcophagus and 

 large false doorway, recently secured by Mr. Ayer, made considerable 

 rearrangement necessary. Case 41, Alcove 123, has been re- 

 arranged. In Hall 40 a rearrangement of five cases was rendered 

 necessary through the addition of certain material procured by Mr. 

 Cole in Northern Luzon. The cases of the North Court have been 

 felted anew and provided with suitable screws, rendering them more 

 nearly dust proof than before. 



The economic botanical collections have received the addition 

 of 215 specimens of more than ordinary interest. The progress of 

 installation in the Department of Botany has far exceeded that of 

 any previous year. The entire west galleries have been completed 

 through the installation of 40 cases, and 42 have been completely 

 labeled. The large and valuable drendrologic series from Paraguay 

 has been resawed, redressed, and installed with bark and woo$ in 

 approximation, in 7 highly interesting cases; the 39 principal woods 

 of the Island of Trinidad occupy a half case brilliant and attractive 

 in color, these with 41 species of woods from British Guiana, complete 

 the case; another case sets forth 70 species of Colombian woods; 

 another, 161 species of the woods of Venezuela, the latter a very com- 

 plete and carefully identified series. The dendrologic collections end 

 with two cases of more than ordinary interest; one of these contains 

 an enlarged model showing the structure of wood; the other a long 

 series of specimens illustrating the manner and results of government 

 timber tests. The unique and highly attractive display of woods in 

 the Department now comprises 45 complete cases fully and descrip- 

 tively labeled. To the systematic display in economic botany, 29 

 cases have been added during the year; one of these illustrates the 

 plants of the Bible, the labels presenting relative quotations con- 

 cerning each; another is devoted to tea in its various forms, types, and 

 characters; another contains 9 small families of plants, the snakeroots, 

 poke weeds, sandal-woods, waterlilies, buttercups, pinks and bear- 



