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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS 



AND HERBARIUM. 



To the Director-in-Chief. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as 

 Curator of the Museums and Herbarium for the year 1901 : 



1. General Accessions. Specimens amounting to a 

 total of 61,614 have been added to the various collections. 

 About 79,102 specimens have been incorporated in the per- 

 manent collections of the museums and herbarium. We are 

 storing many thousand specimens, awaiting an opportunity 

 to incorporate them into the collections, while a great deal of 

 material not needed for the permanent collections has been 

 placed in our duplicate series, and has been exchanged with 

 other institutions for desirable specimens. These accessions 

 have been obtained as follows : 



(a) Gifts and Purchases. Friends of the institution have 

 presented either individual specimens or collections, or they 

 have furnished the funds for the purchase of desirable col- 

 lections in addition to the annual appropriation made for this 

 purpose by the Board of Managers. 



(b) Exploration. The rapidly growing system of explo- 

 ration, which led to the placing, during the year, of explor- 

 ing parties in various parts of North America, northern 

 South America, the West Indies and southern Asia, has 

 added a large amount of desirable, rare and unique material 

 to our collections. 



(c) Exchanges. In addition to exchanges with individuals 

 others have been maintained with the following institutions : 



United States National Museum. 



Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, England. 



Biltmore Herbarium. 



University of Nebraska. 



Catholic University of America. 



Field Columbian Museum. 



