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each tipi will be tin shield and other objects especially connected 

 with their very remarkable syst< m of heraldry. Two collections 

 which were of unusual interest were purchases. The first is a 

 collection of about 1,400 specimens from the Tlingits of Alaska 

 and known as the Spuhn collection, although the majority of 

 specimens were collected by Lieut. Emmons, while the entire 

 collection was labeled by him. The collection is unusually complete 

 even to tin- minutest detail and is especially welcome inasmuch as 

 this region of the northwest coast was not before represented ex 



• rtain priceless specimens illustrating a certain few phases of 

 culture in the Edward E. Aver collection. The second collection 

 purchased was kindly selected for the Department by Mr. Ayer and 

 comprised a number of remarkable bronze castings from Benin, 

 Africa, and two ancient and valuable Etruscan tombs. 



The accessions in the Department of Botany have been many and 

 important. The Herbarium has been augmented to the extent of 

 of dried plants from various countries, principally from 

 the United Stati s. Of these 9,946 sheets have been mounted, classi- 

 fied and arranged in the genus covers, together with about 1,500 

 sheets from tlu- Patterson Herbarium, which is now about one-half 

 mounted ami installed. Among the notable collections secured w( re 



illowing: The private herbarium of Mi. Mason Bross, compris- 

 ing 1. lis sheets. r . presenting his work of collecting, principally of the 



of Cook County and Northern Illinois ami Indiana; the private 



ilium of the late Mr. J. A. Stewart of Peoria, 111., consisting of 

 resenting his collection of the flora of the Peoria 



:i and a tour through the Southern States in 1862. Mrs. Agues 

 Chas. also contributed 190 sheets of the more interesting plants <it 



hicago region. By purchase the herbarium of Mr. A. A. Heller, 

 of Lancasti r, Pa., was obtaini d, 1 .insisting of over 13.000 sheets of 



plants. In addition to tin above, thi following sets w 



i k E. McDonald, Southern Illinois plants, 355 sheets: Rugel's 

 Florida collection, 430 sheets: S. M. Tracy's dull States collection 



1 (Oi, 437 sheet- < . G. Pringle's Mexican collection f 01 tgoi, 107 

 •beets; tin Bot nil Gardens, Sydney. N. S. W., too sheets of 

 Australian plants: Rev. Ernest C. Smith. 21 2 sheets of plants from 

 thi Yellowstone National Park, and the Robert Bebb series of 252 

 she. t- from his Southern Illinois and Indiana collection, 1901. Much 



matt rial has also been acquired, the notable addition- being 



lows: Mr. J. N. Rose, S4 spe< imens of 1 conomii material; Mr. 



W. K. Kuffner, series of coffees; Marshall Field & Company, 98 type 



mens of typical co thi < elluloid Company, 



