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Caption: Course Catalog - 1898-1899
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32 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COLLECTIONS* AGRICULTURAL At large room in University Hall is devoted to the exhibition of the products 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. There is also a collection of small grains and of grasses; a collection of fibers in various states of manufacture, 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 here; 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 full set of those most injurious to other plants, causing rusts, smuts, molds, 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 valuable collections, which will be found in rooms in Engineering Hall: *For a more detailed account of the collections in the different departments, see the appropriate subject under each College.
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