applied: Indian corn, sug^ar, cereals of all countries and vari- 
eties, starches, liquors, papers, fibers, etc. Among the pine 
products will be found a full representation of turpentine 
orcharding (both conservative and destructive), paper mak- 
ing, and other utilizations, also edible nuts, fibers and cone 
forms in great variety. Among the palms may be seen a 
comprehensive exhibit of fibers and oil nuts, their useful 
character and application to arts and industries. 
Hall 26: North American Trees. — ^The cases in this hall 
present monographic displays of the trees of North America. 
They show: first the trunks in size ratio throughout; the 
tree in summer and winter; the wood in plain, quartered and 
figured boards; a branch in leaf and fiower; a map, colored 
to show the area of distribution; and a descriptive label 
giving such other knowledge of each species as the specimens 
themselves fail to convey. 
Hall 27: Foreign Woods. — The cases in this hall are 
grouped geographically and contain specimens of the woods 
and timbers of Russia, Corea, Japan, Formosa, Australia, 
Philippines, Ceylon, India, Johore, Jamaica, Trinidad and 
various countries of Central and South America. The speci- 
mens are so prepared as to give as full an idea of their 
character and grain as possible. The Japanese series is the 
most valuable and comprehensive ever brought together. 
Hall 28: Plant Life. — Beginning at the left of the en- 
trance this hall embraces plant life from the bacteria to the 
highest fiowering plants. The main illustrative specimens 
are reproductions of typical plants in each natural group 
or family. Microscopic plants are represented as if seen 
through a microscope. Details of structure are shown en- 
larged. Fruits, seeds and other specimens further illustrate 
botanical characters and relationships. 
Hall 29: Plant Economics. — The cases in this hall (con- 
tinued through Hall 25) contain the products yielded by the 
plants exhibited in Hall 28. Here may be observed series 
of such interesting and useful products as cotton, linen, 
paper, lacquer, dyes, tanning substances, starches, sugars, 
gums, oils, crude drugs and other plant products; the whole 
with the descriptive labels comprising an encyclopedia of 
plants illustrated by natural objects. 
Third Floor: The Herbaria. — ^Three large collections, 
comprising over 500,000 specimens of mounted plants, are 
installed in rooms over Hall 25. These are accessible to those 
persons specially interested in botany. 
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