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APPARATUS.

In Botany, the school has a collection of about one thousand species of the plants indigenous to the state of Illinois, including a very nearly complete set of the grasses; a collection of Rocky Mountain and western plants; a collection of plants from Dr. Vasey, botanist of the department of agriculture, Washington, D . C , and others obtained by exchange from various parts of the United States. A collection of the fungi of the vicinity has been begun and already contains numerous species. T h e green-houses and out-door plantations furnish a large amount of illustrative material for the classes. Enlarged papier-mache models of flowers and fruits by Dr. Auzoux, exhibiting structure and development, are in the cabinet. Sections of wood from one hundred and seventy species of trees and shrubs indigenous in Illinois were exhibited at the Centennial and exchanged for foreign specimens. T h e native specimens now largely duplicated are to be replaced as soon as possible. In Entomology, numerous species have been contributed by the state entomologist, who is required by law to deposit his first series of specimens in the cabinet of the University. Local collections and exchanges have further increased this number, amounting now to about three thousand species. The University now has first-class microscopes of four different styles from European makers, one by a prominent American maker, and others, of which the glasses were made to order in Europe, and the stands, a new pattern, manufactured in the shops of the University. These latter have a firm iron base with joint for inclining, coarse adjustment by rack and pinion (Jackson model), fine adjustment attached to stage, glass sliding stage and wide range of power. In Zoology, the cabinets contain: a human skeleton, purchased in Paris, and a manikin made by Dr. Auzoux; skeletons of the different orders of mammals, and of birds; stuffed preparations of a large number of birds, mammals, fishes, reptiles, etc., a dissected horse's leg and hoof, a dissected eye, trachea and vocal apparatus, in papier-mache, by Dr. Auzoux; collections of shells, fossils and insects. The geological cabinet has been immensly improved the past year. In addition to the specimens from the state geological survey and other illustrative specimens, mineral and fossil, the cabinet has been the recipient of Prof. W a r d ' s celebrated college series of famous fossils, so essential in elucidating the various phases of life in geological history. This set was the munificent donation of Emory Cobb, Esq., president of the board of trustees. A valuable and extensive collection of the leads of the state, and accompanying mineral, was donated by Gen. J . C. Smith and other gentlemen, of Galena.

COURSE IK SCHOOL OF NATURAL HISTORY.

Required for

Degree of B. S. in School of Natural

FIRST YEAR.

History.

1.

Chemistry; Free Hand Drawing, advanced Geometry; French.

(optional);

Trigonometry and