Ocr. 1898. Anm Ai. Report ok the Director. 297 



Purchases: 



204 herbarium specimens — Lower Cahforiiia (purchased from A. \V. 

 Anthony, Portland, Ore.}. 



Complete herbarium of M. S. Bebb, Rockford, 111. (purchased from the 

 Bebb Estate, Rockford, 111.). 



3 cases of plants and fruits — Yucatan (purchased from George F. Gaumer, 

 Izamal, Yucatan). 



130 herbarium specimens — N. W. Mexico (purchased from Gray her- 

 barium. Harvard rniversity, Cambridge, Mass.). 



864 herbarium specimens— Durango, Mexico, and vicinity (purchased 

 from Dr. Edwai-d Palmer, Washington, D. C). 



153 herbarium specimens — Mexico (purchased from C. G. Pringle, Char- 

 lotte, Va.). 



373 herbarium specimens — Africa (purchased from Prof. Karl Schumann,. 

 Berlin Hof. Museum, Berlin, Germany). 



GEORGIA RAILWAY CO., Augusta, Ga. 

 2 mmiature bales of cotton. 

 I box of South Carolina tea. 



GRAY HERBARIUM, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



1 type of species (loaned for study). 

 605 herbarium specimens (exchange). 



HELLER, A. A., Minneapolis, Minn. 



155 herbarium specimens — Texas (exchange). 



28 herbarium specimens — New Mexico (exchange). 



96 herbarium specimens — Sandwich Islands (exchange). 

 HILL, E. J., Englewood, 111. 



13 herbarium specimens, typical crategi and Hill's Oak — Chicago Basin.. 

 KOENIG BOTANICAL MUSEUM, Berlin, Germany. 



783 herbarium specimens — Argentine (exchange;. 



LANSING, O. E., Jr., Chicago, 111. 



90 herbarium specimens — Lake Michigan Basin. 



MACKINTOSH, LAUGHLIN, 5522 Laflin street, Chicago, 111. 



2 cakes of brick spawn — Chicago, 111. 



1 box of flake spawn — Chicago, 111. 

 12 button mushrooms — Chicago, 111. 



2 fine ripe mushrooms — Chicago, 111. 

 MILLSPAUGH, DR. C. F., Field Columbian Museum. 



21 lithographs of plants (in color). 



739 mounted plants from his herbarium (exchange)L 



479 mounted plants from his herbarium (exchange). 

 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, 111. 



ig herbarium specimens — North Greenland (exchange). 



9 herbarium specimens — Spitzenbergen (exchange). 

 PETFORD, C. E., 1243 Adams street, Chicago, 111. 



3 economic specimens of cycas circinnate — Trinidad. 

 31 economic plant products (exchange). 



POLLOCK, W. M., Morgantown, W. Va. 



100 herbarium specimens — West Virginia (exchange). 

 SHEHAN, THO.MAS. Clayton, Miss. 



I twisted vine — Clayton, Miss. 

 SHOTTER, S. P. & CO., Savannah, Ga. 



21 economic products of pine — Georgia. 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Washington, D. C. 



127 herbarium specimens— Various localities- (exchange). 



