ELEVENTH REPOET. at Colorado Springs, but these taxider- 
mists’ museums cannot take the place of 
a public institution, nor are they likely 
to afford us very much help. Of course, 
whenever the people of this state are 
sufficiently alive to the necessity of sup- 
porting such an institution, it is the pur- 
pose of the C. B. A. to establish a mu- 
seum which shall be as nearly as possible 
all that can be desired, but in the mean- 
time private collections are being made 
by some of the members, and as these 
are very fairly representative of certain 
districts, it will not be amiss to call at- 
tention to them. 
During the last few days we have been 
making an examination of the herbarium 
nadian Entomoligist, ’ Port Hope, Onta- ]y[ rs> M. E. Cusack, which was formed 
rio, Canada. last year, and is a very fair representa- 
(45.) C. F. Ancey, Fort National, Alge- tion of the flowering plants of Wet 
ria. Mountain valley. Collections were made 
a local herbarium. in Custer county by Brandegee many 
That a country so large and populous years ago, and the species recorded in 
as the state of Colorado should possess Porter and Coulters “Flora of Colorado.” 
no museum of Natural History, wherein Recently, we have recorded a number of 
examples of its animals and plants are species from Custer county in various 
displayed for examination and study, is periodicals, and these, with Brandegee’s 
little short of a disgrace. There is, in- records, seem to embrace all that has 
deed, a small collection of animals and been made known respecting the flora of 
birds exhibited to the public in Denver, this county. It will therefore be easily 
but it is ill-arranged and mostly unla- supposed that the herbarium in question, 
beled (or was so when we examined it in ^ ue to the botanical industry of Mrs. 
1887.) and is not, we understand, due to Cusack, contains a large number of spe- 
any labors on the part of Colorado Nat- c ^ es new to the county flora, and some 
uralists. For practical purposes it is al- tew not nitherto recorded to the state, 
most worthless. We have also heard of The specimens are carefully mounted, 
the private museum belonging to Mr. and handy for reference, except some 
Carter, of Breckenridge, and we believe orders, such as the grasses, which have 
Mr. Aiken has specimens on exhibition not yet been classfied. 
Of the Colorado Biological Associa- 
tion. 
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