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Caption: Course Catalog - 1896-1897
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COLLECTIONS 25 COLLECTIONS* AGRICULTURAL A large room in University Hall is devoted to the exhibition of the pro'ducts of the industrial arts, especially of agriculture. Prominent among the agricultural specimens exhibited is an excellent collection of the sub-species and varieties of Indian corn, including the best of their kinds. There is also a considerable collection of small grains and of grasses; a collection of fibres in various states of manufacture; a series of analyses of grains, showing at a glance the elements and proportion of structure, and a large collection illustrating the forestry of Illinois, Florida, and California. The exhibits made by the University at the Centennial and at the Cotton Exposition at New Orleans find a permanent abode in this apartment; very large additions have also been made of materials received from the Columbian Exposition of 1893. BOTANICAL The herbarium contains nearly all the species of flowering plants indigenous to Illinois, including a complete set of grasses and sedges. The flora of North America is fairly well represented, and a considerable collection of foreign species has been made. A collection of fungi includes a very full set of those most injurious to other plants, causing rusts, smuts, moulds, etc. A collection of wood specimens from two hundred species of North American trees well illustrates the varieties of native wood. Plaster casts represent fruits of many of the leading varieties as well as interesting specimens of morphology, showing peculiarities of growth, effects of cross-fertilization, etc. ENGINEERING The following departments of the College of Engineering have made extensive and very valuable collections which will be found in rooms in Engineering Hall. ARCHITECTURE A large number of specimens of stone, bricks, terra cotta, sanitary fittings, casts of moldings and of ornament have *For a more detailed account of the collections in the different departments, see the appropriate subject under each College.
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