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by Baron Ferd. von Miiller, Melbourne, Australia; one hundred and 

 thirty-five ferns presented by Hugo Fink, Cordova, Mexico; two liun- 

 dred and thirty-eight specimens from the United States Fish Commis- 

 sion, and thirty specimens from C. F. Sonne, Trucliee, Cal. Valuable 

 material was received in exchange from the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, 

 England, consisting of two hundred and fifty specimens of Umbelli- 

 ferii', and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger collected eighty specimens for the 

 Museum in the Commander Islands. 



Many important accessions were also received through the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, including the following: 



C. Copineau, Paris, Frauce, 208 specimens of European and African plants. 

 (Exchange.) 

 Herlin Hotanical Gardens, 80 specimens. (Exchange.) 

 liniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 36 specimens. (Exchange.) 



A. C. Recksecker, Oberlin, Ohio, 161 specimens. (ELxchange.) 



Zurich Botanical Gardens, Zurich, Switzerland, 181 specimens. (Exchange.) 



C. V. Piper, Seattle, Wash., 224 specimens. (Exchange.) 



Baron Ferd. von Miiller, Melbourne, Australia, 97 specimens. (Gift.) 



B. Fink, Fayette County, Iowa, 226 specimens. (Exchange.) 



C. L. Pollard, Wasliington, D. C, 725 specimens. (Gift.) 

 J. M. Macoun, Ottawa, Canada, 100 specimens. (Gift.) 



C. E. Waters, Baltimore, Md., 20 specimens. (Gift.) 

 W. M. Canby, Wilmington, Del., 107 specimens. (Gift.) 



W. J. Beal, Agricultural College, Mich., 139 specimens. (Gift.) 



Thos. C. Porter, Easton, Pa., 500 specimens. (Gift.) 



W. M. Pollock, Buckhannou, W. Va., 189 specimens. (Gift.) 



J. Fowler, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 660 specimens. (Gift.) • 



W. M. Van Sickle, West New York, N. J., 469 specimens. (Gift.) 



E. E. Gayle, Portland, Me., 145 specimens. (Gift.) 



Aven Nelson, Laramie, Wyo., 620 specimens. (Gift.) 



D. Leroy Topping, Washington, D. C, 74 specimens. (Gift.) 

 Thomas Howell, Clackamas, Oreg., 43 specimens. (Gift.) 



G. V. Nash, New York City, N. Y., 800 specimens. (PTirchase.) 

 John Donnell Smith, Baltimore, Md., 500 specimens. (Gift.) 

 Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada, 55 specimens. (Gift.) 

 N. L. Brittou, Columbia College, New York, 23 specimens. (Gift.) 

 A. H. Curtiss, Jacksonville, Fla., 211 specimens. (Purchase.) 

 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., 266 specimens. (Gift.) 



C. S. Crandall, Fort C'ollins, Colo., 564 specimens. (Gift.) 



D. E. I'aluier, Washington, D. C, 460 specimens. (Purchase.) 

 W. AV. Rowlee, Ithaca, N. Y., 225 specimens. (Gift.) 



C. H. Thompson, St. Louis, Mo., 751 specimens. (Purchase.) 

 J. Medley Wood, Natal, Africa, 116 specimens. (Gift.) 

 J. B. Leiberg, Hope, Idaho, 681 specimens. (Purchase.) 



The space which can be devoted to the herbarium in the Museum is 

 much too small for its proper accommodation. Means have been found, 

 however, for providing a limited amount of additional space, and con- 

 siderable progress has been made in caring for the collection, as will 

 be seen by the following statement made by Mr. F. V. Coville, the 

 lionorary curator. It is especially gratifying to be able to report that 

 the collection is in better condition than at any previous time. 



