Annual Meeting.] 
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[May 7, 
teachers and classes, who use the Museum upon the days during 
which the public are not admitted. Each applicant has been asked to 
fill out a printed blank which was filed for future reference. There 
have been sixteen teachers and three hundred and forty -six pupils 
admitted during the year. Although these numbers show that the 
entire number of schools and teachers who use our collections in 
this direct way is not a large proportion of the public and private 
schools in Boston, they are in reality very encouraging. They in- 
dicate the beginning of a very different state of affairs than that 
which obtained about ten years ago, when an application of this 
kind to study in the Museum occurred perhaps only twice or three 
times in a year. As a general result of these observations, it may 
be stated, that there is a notable increase in the number of teach- 
ers, students and well-informed people who come to our Museum 
in pursuit of information, and now a person at work upon the col- 
lections with a note book is frequently seen, whereas but a few years 
since such visitors were very rare. 
The Woman’s Education Association lectures referred to in the last 
report were successfully finished and the amounts earned in this ser- 
vice by the Association, the lecturer and Mr. Samuel Henshaw were 
devoted to the building up of the collection of Dynamical Zoology. 
With these funds a series of models illustrating the parts of a typi- 
cal flowering plant, and the different kinds of work done by the 
roots, stem, leaves and flower have been prepared by Mr. James 
Emerton from drawings kindly made for us by Mr. Frederick Le- 
Roy Sargent. We have also received a series of specimens of young 
bean plants in alcohol illustrating the effects of gravity upon the 
growth of roots. These were prepared by Mr. W. F. Ganong un- 
der the direction of Prof. Goodale and were donated to us by these 
gentlemen. All of these have been placed on exhibition in the ves- 
tibule in company with a series of preparations of insects intended 
to exhibit mimicry and protective resemblances obtained partly by 
purchase, and also a series of models illustrating the composition of 
the human body, and the relations of daily income and waste, kind- 
ly deposited by Mrs. Richards. A series of three transparent models 
illustrating the centre of gravity in inanimate bodies have been 
prepared by Miss Anna J. Bradley which, however, will not be 
placed on exhibition until the series is completed. 
The most notable addition to this department and also to our 
Museum is a collection of Achatinellinse purchased from Mr. Gulick. 
