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the Gray Herbarium, the New York Botanical Garden, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and Oakes Ames, Boston, Mass.) ; 3,970 speci- 

 mens from the Philippine Islands, Borneo, and Siberia, received as 

 an exchange from the Bureau of Science, Manila; 3,500 specimens 

 from the Dominican Republic, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott, re- 

 ceived as a gift from him; 1,850 specimens, largely from tropical 

 America, received as an exchange from the Universitetets Botaniske 

 Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (these include many specimens col- 

 lected in Mexico, Central America, and Brazil) ; 836 specimens col- 

 lected in Brazil by G. Gardner, received as an exchange from the 

 British Museum (Natural History), London, England; 1,000 speci- 

 mens collected in French Guiana by W. E. Broadway in continuation 

 of the plan of cooperative exploration in South America entered 

 into several years ago by the New York Botanical Garden, the Gray 

 Herbarium, and the United States National Museum ; 1,252 specimens 

 from tropical America, received as an exchange from the New York 

 Botanical Garden (this material includes a large number of speci- 

 mens from Trinidad and British Guiana collected under the auspices 

 of the New York Botanical Garden in continuation of the plan of 

 joint cooperative exploration just referrd to) ; 770 specimens from 

 Guatemala, mainly ferns, received as a gift from Harry Johnson, 

 Hynes, Calif. ; 742 specimens from Venezuela, received as a gift from 

 H. Pittier, Caracas, Venezuela; 1,568 specimens, mainly from the 

 northeastern United States and Canada, received as an exchange from 

 the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass.; 453 specimens from Vene- 

 zuela, received as a gift from Dr. Alfredo Jahn, Caracas, Vene- 

 zuela ; 400 specimens from the French Congo, received as an exchange 

 from the Jardin Botanique de I'Etat, Brussels, Belgium; 593 speci- 

 mens of ferns from western Panama, received as a gift from Mrs. 

 L. R. Cornman, San Diego, Calif, (this material is of special value as 

 supplementing several recent large collections from the same region) ; 

 573 specimens from the Dominican Republic, received as a gift from 

 J. A. Faris, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; 1,000 specimens 

 from El Salvador, received as a gift from the Direccion General 

 de Agricultura, San Salvador, El Salvador, through Dr. Salvador 

 Calderon; 300 specimens from Panama, received as a gift from 

 Brother Heriberto, Panama City, Panama ; 600 specimens of crypto- 

 gamic plants, comprising centuries 1-6 of the Reliquiae Farlowianae, 

 received as an exchange from the Herbarium and Laboratory of 

 Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; 295 

 orchids from the Philippine Islands and 25 illustrations of orchids, 

 received as an exchange from Oakes Ames, Boston, Mass.; 730 

 specimens from California, received as an exchange from Pomona Col- 

 lege, Claremont, Calif. ; 422 specimens from California and Mexico, 



