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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1915. 



PiPEE, Prof. C. v., Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Washington, D. C. : Frag- 

 ments of types of 3 species of sedges, 

 Car ex (58381). 



PiTTiER, Prof. H., Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, Washington, D. C. : 6 living 

 specimens of cacti from the Canal 

 Zone (57190) ; lantern-fly, Fulgoria 

 lanternaria (57256) ; land shell 

 from Gatun Lake, Panama, at the 

 foot of Sta. Rita Mountains (58319) ; 

 9 skeins of artificial silk yarns 

 manufactured in Frankfort, Ger- 

 many (58523) ; 18 specimens of 

 wood collected in Panama by Prof. 

 Pittier (58530: collected for the 

 Museum). 



Pittsburgh Coal Company, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. : 3 sample cubes of coal- 

 Pittsburgh domestic coal, Youghio- 

 gheny gas coal and Pittsburgh steam 

 coal (57978). 



Pittsburgh Crushed Steel Company, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. : Various crushed 

 steel products (58307). 



Pond, Dr. Elinor, Manila, P. I.: Cor- 

 als, sea urchins, a starfish, mollusks 

 and fossils (57211). 



Porter, Prof. Carlos E., Santiago, 

 Chile: 10 amphipods, Eyalella az- 

 teca inermis, from Santiago (57880). 



Porter, Mrs. 11. K., Washington, D. C. : 

 Collection of bags, brocades, em- 

 broideries, appliques, etc., and 41 

 bonnets of the 19th century (57776) ; 

 collection of laces, embroideries and 

 brocades (58000). Loan. 



Post, E. J., Tampa, Fla. : A powder 

 horn and a bark blanket of the 

 Patuca Indians, Honduras (57466) ; 

 about 100 specimens of silicified fos- 

 sils from the siles beds at Ballast 

 •Point, Tampa Bay (Oligocene age) 

 (57474). 



Post Office Department: 14 sets of 

 specimen stamps, etc., in triplicate 

 (approximately 2,943 specimens), 

 received from the International Bu- 

 reau of the Universal Postal Union, 

 Berne, Switzerland (57659; 57818; 

 58040; 58178; 58352; 58418); 48 

 specimen stamps, etc., and 5 speci- 



PosT Office Department — Continued, 

 mens of ordinary postage stamps 

 and 4 of official postage stamps of 

 the Republic of Liberia, received 

 from the International Bureau of 

 the Universal Postal Union, Berne, 

 Switzerland (57927; 58179) ; 4 sam- 

 ple postage stamps received from 

 the State Department, issued by the 

 Patriotic Postage Stamp Office of 

 St. Petersburg, Russia, as a means 

 of raising funds for the benefit of 

 the families and orphans of the sol- 

 diers killed or wounded during the 

 present European war (57946) ; 

 1,160 United States imperforate M 

 stamps, 400 of which are from ordi- 

 nary plate, 400 from coil plate and 

 360 from stamp book plate, and 170 

 imperforate 2^ stamps from rotary 

 plate (58120) ; a set of die proofs 

 (413 specimens), unmounted, of the 

 various issues of United States post- 

 age stamps, 1847-1914, similar to the 

 set prepared by the Post Office De- 

 partment for exhibition at the Pan- 

 ama-Pacific Exposition (58223). 



Preston, Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland, 

 Princeton, N. J. : A brocade silk-and- 

 velvet gown worn by the lender at 

 the White House (57843: loan). 



Pretz, Harold W., Allentown, Pa. : 22 

 specimens of plants from Florida 

 (57626). 



Provincial Museum. (See under 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia.) 



PuRDY, Mrs. C. v., Washington, D. C. : 

 An oil painting by Thomas Cole, 

 entitled "Autumn " — one of a series 

 of four paintings of the seasons 

 (58471: loan). 



Purvis, J. M., Turners, Fla.: A fossil 

 tooth from Florida (57314). 



Quaker Lace Company, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. : A series of specimens and 

 photographs illustrating the manu- 

 facture of machine-made laces and 

 lace curtains (58072). 



Quetta, Baluchistan, India, Mc- 

 Mahon Museum (through Mr. W. D. 

 Cumming, curator) : 10 snakes 

 (57842). 



