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THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



in field work most of his time. A total of 10,730 Philippine 

 and foreign specimens for the six months ending December 31, 

 1913, and 18,738 for the calendar year 1914 have been poisoned, 

 mounted, and distributed into the herbarium. Approximately 

 14,186 and 24,622 duplicates, respectively, for the two periods 

 have been distributed by exchange to various scientific institu- 

 tions and to individuals. Additional duplicate material is pre- 

 pared and packed for shipment, awaiting more favorable con- 

 ditions. The accumulated material was all distributed into sets 

 ready for distribution at the end of July, but a number of sets 

 cannot be shipped until the close of the present war. Mounted 

 sheets totaling 431 and 678 specimens, respectively, have been 

 loaned to specialists for study. During the calendar year over 

 600 duplicate unmounted specimens have been sent to specialists 

 for identification. Such a large volume of work was accom- 

 plished by so few men only by the careful and faithful perform- 

 ance of many hours of overtime work. It is physically impossible 

 to continue this indefinitely, and a decrease in the amount of 

 work accomplished must be looked for during the coming year. 

 Philippine accessions. — The total number of Philippine plants 

 added during the past year is 6,137. These have been received 

 from many sources, by collection, by transmission from other 

 departments of the Government for identification, and as gifts. 

 The important collections of Philippine material are : 



Collections of employees of the Bureau of Science 



Collections of employees of the Bureau of Forestry... 



M. Vanoverberg- for identification 



C. F. Baker for identification and fungi in exchange . 



C. A. Wenzel for identification 



F. C. Gates for identification 



L. H. Taylor for identification.. 



H. Sandkuhl for identification 



A. D. E. Elmer by purchase and gift 



D. L. Topping as gift 



Six 



months 



ended 



Dee. 31, 



1913. 



2.250 



582 

 325 



87 

 521 

 161 

 116 



63 

 1.148 



R. S. Williams by exchange with the New York Botanical Garden . 



Calendar 

 year 1914. | 



1,744 



2.113 



47 



619 



690 



135 



43 

 291 



Identifications made during the calendar year approximate 

 9,000, which include the unnamed Philippine material incor- 

 porated in the herbarium during the year, a considerable number 

 of plants from Borneo and Amboina, a number of specimens for 

 the College of Agriculture, and nearly 1,000 specimens sub- 

 mitted by the Silliman Institute. 



