LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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Weigel, Theodor Oswald, Leipzig, 

 Germany: 300 epecimens of Salix from 

 Europe (Toepffer, Salicetum Exsic- 

 catum, Fasc. 1-7) (54970: purchase). 



Weimar, Germany, Stadtisches Mu- 

 seum: Archeological material from the 

 caverns of Taubach, Germany (55436: 

 exchange). 



Weingart, W., Georgenthal, Thiiringen, 

 Germany: Living specimen of cactus 

 from Mexico (55459). 



Wells, Mrs. Henry, Washington, D. C: 

 An oil painting, a copy of Mm'illo's 

 "The Beggars" (55514); Revolutionary 

 sword, letters, etc.; also a collection 

 of old prints, and an atlas of 1806 

 (55520). Loan. 



Werth, Mrs. Mary Maury, Richmond, 

 Va. : Gold electrotype of the gold medal 

 awarded by Oscar I, King of Sweden 

 and Norway, to Matthew Fontaine 

 Maury, in recognition of his services to 

 the science of navigation, obtained 

 through the courtesy of Miss Ann H. 

 Maury of Richmond (55519). (See 

 under Commander Matthew Fontaine 

 Maury, U. S. Navy, Descendants of.) 



West Virginla. Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Morgantown, W. Va.: A 

 collection of about 15,000 forest insects 

 and their work, together with a large 

 quantity of notes, special records, 

 manuscripts, etc. (54640: deposit). 



Wetmore, Hon. George Peabody, 

 Washington, D. C: Oil painting, "Ver- 

 sailles," by Constant Wauters, and a 

 water color, "Military Review," by 

 Edouard Detaille (55504: loan). 



Wetmore, Maj. William Boerum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C: Historical material, in- 

 cluding 2 paintings in oil, a "Portrait 

 of George Peabody," by Lowes Dick- 

 inson, and "Held up," by N. H. 

 Trotter; also ethnological, biological 

 and paleontological material (55163); 

 an engraving and 3 water colors (55383). 



Wheeler, Mrs. C. F., Lanham, Md.: 125 

 plants from various localities (55202). 



Wherry, Prof. Edgar T., Lehigh Univer- 

 sity, South Bethlehem, Pa. : Specimen 

 of rutile in quartz (55146). 



White, David, U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C: A carboniferous 

 fossil plant from Perry Park, Colo. 

 (54426). 



White, H. T., Sudbury, Ontario, Canada: 

 12 bottles of fresh-water bryozoans from 

 Canada (54910). 



White, Dr. I. C., State Geologist, Mor- 

 gantown, W. Va.: A calcareous con- 

 cretion thrown out from a Mexican oil 

 well (54924). 



W^HiTE, Mrs. John Jay, Washington, 

 D. C: Papillon ring and an Egyptian 

 god mounted as a necklace (54750); a 

 wide flounce of point d'Alen^on lace, 

 in 3 pieces, also 3 large and 7 small 

 waist pieces of the same lace (54752: 

 loan.) 



Whittall, M. J., Worcester, Mass.: Pho- 

 tographs and specimens illustrating 

 the manufacture of Wilton and Brussels 

 rugs and carpets (54997). 



Whittier, M. S., Deputy Collector of 

 Customs, Ketchikan, Alaska: Speci- 

 men of basket-fish, Gorgonocephalus 

 caryi, from Prince William Sound, 

 Alaska (55055). 



WiEDMER, John, St. Louis, Mo.: Skull of 

 a musk-ox and tooth of a mastodon, a 

 spearhead, arrowpoint, and a drill, 

 found in a peat or muck field at Man- 

 ito. 111. (55407). 



Wilcox, Miss F. E., Washington, D. C: 

 Indian pottery from Arizona, consist- 

 ing of 1 specimen from the Mohave and 

 6 specimens from the Pima Indiana 

 (54726); an ancient Indian (Pima- 

 Papago?) shell bracelet found in a 

 mound south of Tucson, Ariz. (55419). 



Wilcox, Brig. Gen. Timothy E., TJ. S. 

 Army (retired), Washington, D. C. : 

 A pair of horns of the mountain goat 

 (54855); specimen of Aralia from the 

 District of Columbia (55296) ; specimen 

 of Potamogeton from Maryland (55442). 



Wilcox, Mrs. Timothy E., Wasliington, 

 D. C: A Zuni water jar (54603). 



Williams, Francis X., University of 

 Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.: 2 specimens 

 of Rehnia victorix (55228); 18 specimens 

 of Diptera (55369). Exchange. 



