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material from tropical America, the United States, Asia, and other 

 regions of the earth. Details will be found in the List of Accessions 

 for the year (p. 238 of this Report). 



While under existing financial conditions it has not been possible 

 for the Museum to purchase many of the desirable series of tropical 

 plants offered, there were purchased 1,675 specimens, chiefly from 

 Brazil and Peru. 



From the previously mentioned negatives of type specimens of 

 tropical American plants m.ade in European herbaria by Assistant 

 Curator Macbride, there were added to the Herbarium about 3,400 

 prints, most of which represent species not previously available for 

 comparison. 



Of economic plant material, including woods, there were received 

 in 1934 from scientific and commercial institutions, expeditions, and 

 from individuals, as gifts or in exchange, 1,001 specimens. A few 

 of these accessions deserve special mention. An extensive collec- 

 tion of the economic plant products of Persia, Syria, and Iraq were 

 gathered by the Field Museum Anthropological Expedition to the 

 Near East. 



A small collection of rare vegetable waxes was received as a gift 

 from S. C. Johnson and Son, Inc., of Racine, Wisconsin. Included 

 are sugar cane wax, tea wax, coffee wax, rose, orange blossom, and 

 mimosa wax. These will form an interesting addition to the exhibit 

 of waxes of vegetable origin displayed in Hall 28. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. T. H. Kearney and Mr. C. J. King, 

 of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C., 

 the Museum received two fine specimens of cotton plants typical 

 of upland and lowland cotton grown at the United States Field 

 Station at Sacaton, Arizona. 



To the collections of domestic and foreign woods there were 

 added 325 numbers. Some of these were accessioned for exhibition 

 purposes, but the majority are to augment the reference collection. 



In continuation of contributions made in previous years, Yale 

 University School of Forestry, through the courtesy of Professor 

 Samuel J. Record, contributed 131 specimens of woods, mostly from 

 Central and South America. Through the cooperation of the same 

 institution the Museum received 105 samples of woods collected in 

 Canton and Hainan Islands by Professor F. A. McClure, of the 

 Department of Biology-, Lingnan University, Canton, South China. 



From the Forest Economist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra 

 Dun, India, there was received a set of hand samples, comprising 



