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CURACAO, 
CASE 47. — Economic Plants, Fruits and Woods. 
GUATEMALA. 
CASE 47A. — Cereals, and Legumes. 
WALL. — The Woods of Guatemala. 
CASES 47B AnId 47C. — Fibers and Cottons. 
CASE 48. — Guatemalan Forest Products. 
CASE 48A. — Cereals, Legumes, Gums, and Resins, Chicle 
from the juice of the sapote tree, the base of most modern chew- 
ing gums, may be seen here and in Case 52. 
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 5lA. — 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 
preparation for installation. 
CASES 52 AND 53A. — Mexican Textiles. 
CASES 54 AND 55A. — Medicinal Plants of Mexico. 
GALLERIES OF THE NORTH COURT. 
ECONOMIC PLANTS. 
CASES 55 TO 59A.— Tobacco. These cases contain nearly 
four hundred samples of American grown tobaccos, from almost 
every producing district of the United States. A very complete 
and highly important comparative collection, both from the 
standpoint of the student and of the merchant. 
