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North America is accessible, and should be shown, in so far 
as the more prominent forms are concerned, in a separate 
series of aquaria. Opportunities will perhaps be offered in 
the future for the acquisition of the larger and more inter- 
esting organisms of other faunas ; these can be exhibited, 
provided the future success of this division justifies an 
extension of the plan. 
III. New England Zoological Garden. 
The grounds at Franklin Park assigned by the Com- 
missioners for the use of the Society are suited only to the 
third division of our Natural History Gardens, — the higher 
vertebrates or the larger terrestrial and aerial animals ; 
and here, better perhaps than anywhere else, would it be 
possible to carry out one of the favorite projects of the 
supporters of the Society, namel} 7 , such exhibitions as 
would familiarize the observer with the animals of New 
England. For in Long Crouch Woods we have not only 
a characteristic fragment of New England scenery and 
rock structure, but by the limitations of the surface and of 
the territory it would be impossible to make there any 
extensive display of foreign forms. 
1. We would exhibit fully the animals of the North 
Temperate zone of the New World, limiting this zone to 
about eight or ten degrees of latitude on the parallels of 
New England, and thus display those which one might see 
at any point within the northern United States. All these 
animals could be cared for in such a place at the minimum 
expense, for their habits in a wild state have accustomed 
them to brave all the severities and vicissitudes of our 
climate. It being easier to obtain and to maintain the 
animals of this zone which are nearest home, it would fol- 
low that the great bulk of the collection at all times would 
be made up of animals characteristic of New England. 
