Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . age of their transformation, withreferences to note-books by the same gentleman, giving theirnatural history and directions for destroying them. Thereis also a very interesting collection of insect injury and arch-itecture. The Taxidermist and Model rooms of the Museum are onthe 3d floor adjoining the Herbarium. The nerharium is on the 3d floor E., and reached by thestairway at the E. door of the Museum. It contains 200 nat-ural orders and 25,000 spec
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book to the capital of the United States of America . age of their transformation, withreferences to note-books by the same gentleman, giving theirnatural history and directions for destroying them. Thereis also a very interesting collection of insect injury and arch-itecture. The Taxidermist and Model rooms of the Museum are onthe 3d floor adjoining the Herbarium. The nerharium is on the 3d floor E., and reached by thestairway at the E. door of the Museum. It contains 200 nat-ural orders and 25,000 species of plants. The first collectionwas transferred from the Smithsonian Institution, and com-prised the specimens brought home by the Wilkes purpose is to make the collection as complete as possiblein American plants. The specimens gather<Ml by the variousUnited States exploring expeditions are all deposited liere. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 161 The rest of the 3d floor is devoted to various purposes, prin-cipally tlie assorting and putting up of seeds. An elevatorbrings this floor in convenient access from the fi^AJSiT HOUSK—CENTRAL PAVILION. History.—While the earliest efforts of the founders of therepublic were turned with a fostering care towards com-merce and manufactures, little or nothing was actually donein the interests of agriculture. Washington and some ofliis immediate successors manifested a regard for this lead-ing industry, and it was then m-ged that it should be placedunder tlie protection of the government. Congress, how-ever, opposed any sucli measure. The claims of agriculture were first successfully brought totlie consideration of C-ongress by Henry L. Ellsworth, ofConn. In 1836 Mr. Ellsworth was appointed Commissionerof Patents, the first person holding that oflice under the actof July 4, 1836. Shortly after assuming the duties of hisofl[ice he turned his attention to the necessities which thenappeared of encouraging improve
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