JAMAICA. 
This collection is particularly rich in starches — Arrow-root, 
mandioca, and banana meal being excellently represented. 
Wall. — The Woods of Jamaica. 
An excellent and very complete collection of the principal 
woods of the Island. 
MEXICO. 
Cases 50 and 50A. — Mexican seeds, cereals, gums and 
oils. 
Wall. — This space is designed for the timbers of Mexico, of 
which the museum secured a large and complete set, now in pre- 
paration for installation. 
Cases 51 and 51A. — Mexican textiles. 
Cases 52 and 52A. — Medicinal plants of Mexico. 
DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF WOOD. 
Case 53. — Monographic set. This set includes almost all of 
the products of the destructive distillation of the beech and birch ; 
notable among which are creasote, acetic acid, methyl alcohol, 
benzol, benzene, and oil of birch. 
GALLERIES OF THE NORTH COURT. 
Case 54:. — Insects injurious to the paper pulp tree. A 
complete and very interesting monographic collection of the insect 
enemies of the spruce tree of Europe, showing the mutations of 
each species, and examples of the injury wrought by them. 
