selected but the first material. I think if pressure is brought to bear upon him, this collection can be secured for our museums. He is now 62 years of age and has worked hard all his life so that he does not feel tired. I Mr. P.A. Armstrong will sell all of his plant material now stored in the basement of the Illinois Capitol for $100. He deposited the material in 1871 at a time when he was a member of the Legislature. Some of it has been on exhibition at Chicago Exposition and again at the World's Columbian Exposition. He tells me they were originally 20 cases. If Mr. White speaks well of this material I will recommend Mr. Laeve or the National Museum to purchase it at that price. It cost Mr. Armstrong not less than $200 in cash and much time, for much material of his he