Oct. 1896. Annual Report of the Director. 119 



3 herbarium specimens— Mt. Carmel, 111. 



76 specimens of fungi, 9 species — Blue Island, 111. 



Trunk of tree, Aralia spinosa — New York. 



1 photo-negative of . Xralia spinosa -Waverly, N. Y. 



31 specimens of fungi, cotton, and tield species for Herbarium— Mis 



sissippi. 



150 herbarium specimens (35 species) for Forestry Collection — Mis- 

 sissippi. 



12 specimens of fruit Mississippi. 



36 blocks of wood — Mississippi. 



1 bromide enlargements of negative — Mississippi. 

 Purchases: 



3,500 botanical specimens, 560 species, and 1,150 herbarium plants, 200 

 200 species — Yucatan, (purchased from Geo. F. Gaumer, Izamal, 

 Yucatan). 

 GRAY HERBARU M. Cambridge, Mass. 



2 dried plants, Phyllanthus and Argythamnia, (for examination). 



LANSING, O. E., Chicago. 



3 specimens of fungi. 



LEE, J. ELLWOOD, CO., Conshohocken, Pa. 



7 samples illustrating process of manufacture of absorbent cotton. 

 1 lb. "Hospital Grade" absorbent cotton, and 1 gallon liquor residue 

 after first process in the manufacture of absorbent cotton. 



MILLSPAUGH, C. F., Chicago. 



3 herbarium specimens — North America, (exchange). 

 54 herbarium specimens — West Virginia, (exchange). 

 17 herbarium specimens — Brazil, (exchange). 



NAUMANN, J., San Diego, Cal. 



Cane of Manzanita wood — natural curiosity, head in form of a woman, 

 (for examination). 

 NEVIN, W. G., Chicago. 



1 piece of oak wood, (for examination). 



NUTTALL, L. W., Nuttallburg, W. Virginia. 



45 fungi — West Virginia. 



PALMER, DR. EDWARD, Washington, D. C. 



6 photographs of trees — Acapulco, Mexico. 



PARKE, DAVIS & CO., Detroit, Mich. 



4 plants, Euphorbiaceae, (for examination). 



PETFORD, C. E., Chicago. 



32 plant products — Turkestan, (exchange). 



14 specimens of fruits, gums, wood and rubber. 



1 specimen of lace bark - Brazil. 



1 1 specimens fruits, fibers and flowers — Johore, Java and Trinidad. 



PHILADELPHIA COMMERCIAL MUSEUM, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 28 forestry products — Japan, (exchange). 

 146 forestry products — Siam, (exchange). 



RYERSON, MARTIN A., Chicago.* 



150 herbarium specimens — Mexico. 



SCHXECK, DR. JOSEPH, Mt. Carmel, 111. 



2 herbarium specimens -Mt. Carmel, 111. 



6 specimens of Gladitchia //lonosperma, leafing branch in spine and fruit 

 Mount Carmel, 111. 



STREIT & SCHMIT, Cincinnati, ( >. 



Mounted photograph of curiously marked board of Liriodendron tu/if> 

 if era. 

 THOMPSON, E. H., Merida, Yucatan. 



Pod and seeds of Xtabay — Chichen-Itza, Yucatan, 

 TOWNE, MLS. M. M., Lake Geneva, Wis. 



9 specimens of fungi, 3 species — Harvard, 111., (for examination). 



