Botany

1. The Edible Fungi: The Common Mushroom [F-608]

“Showing all characters by which the table mushroom is distinguished from all other species. This is one of a series serving to illustrate, by exact reproductions, the various common, edible and poisonous fungi.”

2. Microscopic Plants – Germs of Diphtheria [F-605]

“Reproduction of diphtheritic germs, magnified ohh very highly. The germs are spun in glass, in all their dimensions, and attached to the plate class representing the field of view as seen in looking through the lenses of a microscope.”

3. Poison Ivy [B-6]

“A common, more or less woody, sometimes climbing plant of the sumac family, many members of which produce an irritating poisonous substance of an oily or resinous nature. The poison ivy is easily recognized by its characteristic trifoliate leaves and by its fruit in the form of clusters of small white berries. It is widely distributed in the United States. Described more fully in Field Museum Botany Leaflet No.12. Found in Hall 29.”

4. Plants of the Bible - Sycamore [F-606]

“This card represents one of a series illustrated by the plant itself all those vegetables and their products mentioned in the various books of the Bible.”

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