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CASE 29. — Types of cotton cloths and laces. Monographic 
series illustrating the manufacture of absorbent cotton, and cot- 
ton thread. 
CASES 30 AND 31. — How plants travel. Illustrating the 
most characteristic methods by which seed dissemination is ac- 
complished. 
CASES 32 AND 33. — Peculiar foods. Including specimens 
of numerous aboriginal and native foods and food preparations. 
The upright portion of these cases also contain a number of 
interesting specimens of curious wood forms. 
CASE 34. — A varied and interesting collection of vegetable 
gums, the uses of which obtain largely in medicine and the arts. 
CASE 35. — Specimens of gums, rubbers, and gutta percha 
from Mexico, Central and South America, Yucatan and Johore. 
CASE 36. — A geographic installaton of nearly all of the 
more important edible and horticultural varieties of the common 
bean. See also cases 45 and 46 for other specimens of the 
Bean family (Legummosae) . 
The passageway from the West to the South Transept is 
installed as follows : one case is devoted to the Madder family 
(Rubiaceae) ; one-half case to the Tea family (Theaceae) ; one- 
half case to the Holly family (llicineae) ; two cases to the Oak 
family (Fagaceae) ; one-half case to the Laurels (Lauraceae) ; 
and one-half case to the Sumachs (Anacardiaceae). 
CASE 37.^ — This case is devoted to coffee (Coffea Arabica) , 
its harvesting, varieties, geographic distribution, preparation, 
standards, extracts, substitutes, and adulterants. 
CASE 38. — One-half of this case is devoted to the various 
grades of Japan tea (Thea C kinesis) j and the other to mat^ or 
Yerba, the so-called Paraguay tea (Ilex Paraguensis) . 
CASE 39. — The Cork Oak. A very fine and costly decorti- 
cation of a young tree with three branches. This specimen is 
considered one of the best examples of dextrous cork peeling 
ever produced. 
CASE 40. — The utilization of the cork oak in the manufac- 
ture of corks, linoleum, packing paper, life preservers, insula- 
tors, etc. 
CASE 41. — One-half of this case is devoted to the Laurel 
family {Lauraceae), and its economic products, as camphor, 
cinnamon and Cassia oil and bark, etc. Also an interesting 
