Jan., 1913. Annual Report of the Director. 199 



the Manchu period. Through the continued interest of Trustee Ayer 

 the South Italian collections have been enriched by four magnificent 

 earthenware wine jars from Boscoreale, together with a bronze vase 

 from the same villa and a collection of vases, jewelry and a sarcophagus 

 from Etruria. Mr. Ayer, during the year, has also added many impor- 

 tant examples to the extensive collection of North American ethnology 

 previously presented by him. A certain portion of this accession has 

 been set aside for use in the N. W. Harris Public School Extension of 

 Field Museum project. A very interesting and unique crown from the 

 Marquesas Islands has been acquired by purchase. From Melbourne 

 University has been acquired by exchange an exceedingly valuable col- 

 lection of ethnological material from the native tribes of Central Aus- 

 tralia. Because lists have not yet been received, it is impossible to 

 state at this time the number of specimens added during the year to 

 the Melanesian collections, resulting from the Joseph N. Field South 

 Pacific Islands Expedition in charge of Dr. A. B. Lewis. The Depart- 

 ment of Botany has received the usual annual additions of herbarium 

 specimens, among which the following accessions are noteworthy: 

 Britton & Cowell, Cuba, 53; Otto Buchtien, Bolivia, 205; Ralph 

 W. Chaney, Michigan, 300; June A. Clark, Idaho, 211; Jesse M. 

 Greenman, West Virginia, 387; David Griffiths, Arizona, 74; Marcus 

 E. Jones, Utah, 211; A. Kranz, Germany, 359; Otto Kuntze, Argentine 

 141; Bolivia 225, Brazil 82, Chile 84, Venezuela 60; O. E. Lansing Jr., 

 Illinois 102, Missouri 87, Wisconsin 73; Leland, Chase & Tilden, 

 New Zealand, 167; Francis Macbride, Idaho, 305; B. Mackenson, Texas, 

 117; C. F. Millspaugh, Ceylon 53, Japan 88, Philippine Islands 57, 

 Wisconsin 176; Nelson & Macbride, Idaho, 323; C. A. Purpus, Mexico, 

 451; Sandberg & Leiberg, Washington, 387; J. A. Shafer, Cuba, 402; 

 Baron von Turckheim, Santo Domingo, 236; C. M. Weber, Philippine 

 Islands, 260; F. Zuccarini, Germany, 222. W. E. Broadway, Tobago, 

 212. The organization (i. e. poisoning, mounting, cataloguing and 

 installing) of the current accessions has been kept up to date and 11,078 

 sheets have been organized from the larger herbaria, secured by the 

 Museum, in accordance with the following tabulation: 



Estimated Organized Previously 



Herbaria. Contents. 1012. Organized 



A. A. Heller 14,603 5,264 



J. T. Rothrock 22,510 302 22,507 



A. Schott 8,671 8,428 



J. H. Shuette 15,000 .... 



J. K. Small 21,528 229 12,943 



University of Chicago . . . 45,000 10,547 23,140 



With the above, and various minor accessions, the additions to the 



