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W. W. Jefferis. Five species of North American Plants. 



Thomas Meehan. Two hundred and twenty -five species of South 

 African Plants collected bj r Schlichter, two hundred species of Asia 

 Minor Plants collected by Bornmuller, five hundred species of South 

 American Plants collected by Rusby, twelve species of North Amer- 

 ican Plants. 



Miss Piert. Specimens of Brodica capitata. 



Silas L. Shumo. Twenty-five species of Pacific Coast Algae. 



United States Department of Agriculture. Two hundred and fifty 

 species of North American Grasses. 



United States National Museum. Nine species of North American 

 Plants. 



Miss Mary Vaux. Specimen of Larix lyelii. 



Newlin Williams. Specimen of Euphrasia officinalis. 



Lewis Woolman. Specimen of Berberis napensis and Vaccinium Penn- 

 sylvanicum. 



Minerals, Rocks, Etc. 



E. C. Atkinson. Large collection of minerals. 



•Clarence Bement, in exchange. Two meteorites. 



H. H. Bisling. Mineral fragments, Wyoming. 



Dr. H. C. Chapman. Series of wooden models of crystals. 



E. D. Cope. Box of rocks, Missouri. 



W. C. Desmond. Collection of Minerals. 



E. Goldsmith. Specimen of Carborundum. 



W. W. Jefferis. Diaspore ; Gold ore, Canada ; Rhombohedral Quartz, 



Amethyst. 

 S. H. Hamilton. Specimen of Marble. 

 Wilfred Harned. Pictou Coke. 

 Dr. E. Holub. Series of specimens of earth and rock from the 



diamond diggings of South Africa. 

 W. T. Merrick, Box of rock specimens, Blossburg, Pa. 

 Mineralogical and Geological Section. Malachite, Montgy. Co., Pa. 



Contorted Gneiss, Delaware Co., Pa. Several large rock specimens. 

 Theo. D. Band. Altered diorite, Staurolite in mica schist. 

 Jacob Beese. Box of Carborundum. 



J. E. Richardson. Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite ; Molybdenite. 

 Edw. D. Ross. Six specimens of Ore, Broken Hill Mine, New South 



Wales. 

 Thos Sheehan. Dredgings, Lake drainage excavation, Chicago. 

 Witmer Stone. Several rock specimens from vicinity of Philadelphia. 

 S.Tyson. Three species of minerals. Two specimens Cuprite. 



