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EEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1912. 



Polish National Alliance of the 

 United States of North 

 America — Continued, 

 the Kingdom of Poland during the 

 period of its independence; 2 Polish 

 medals ; and an illuminated docu- 

 ment presenting the specimens and 

 entitled "Act of Donation," the same 

 being decorated with the seal of the 

 Polish National Alliance (53227). 



Pollock, Mrs. Rachel E., Washing- 

 ton, D, C. : Specimen of Canada 

 warbler, Wilsonia canadensis 

 (54096). 



Pond, Dr. Eleanor J., Washington, 

 D. C. : A box of dried plants, mainly 

 from Colorado and Texas (53099) ; 

 specimen of a fossil crab, Grapto- 

 carciniis tcxanus (53534). 



PoPENOE, E. A., Topeka, Kans. : 7 

 specimeus of amphipods, including 

 the species Eucrangonyx mucrona- 

 tus, E. gracilis, and Hyalella kniclc- 

 erbockeri (5329S; 53703; 53727; 

 53870) ; about 75 specimens of am- 

 phipods and isopods (54174). 



Porter, Mvs. John Diddle (Mrs. Eliza- 

 beth Rush Porter), Washington, 

 D. C. : 2 flounces of Mechlin lace 

 (1 of them 150 years old), which 

 belonged to Mrs. Benjamin Rush 

 and were left to Mrs. Richard Rush, 

 wife of one of t'he first regents of 

 the Smithsonian Institution (53779) ; 

 cape of white Chantilly lace, cape 

 and collar of Honiton lace and ber- 

 tha of Flemish lace (537S0: loan) ; 

 8 framed engravings from Frois- 

 sart's Chronicles, and 4 volumes of 

 "The Scottish Minstrel," Edinburgh 

 (53982: loan); a blue satin court 

 dress and a jacket, worn by Mrs. 

 Richard Rush in 1S17; a baby's 

 dress worn by one of the children 

 of Hon. Richard Rush in 1820; 2 

 copies of the " National Intelli- 

 gencer," Washington, D. C, 1820; 

 shells collected in the Bahamas in 

 1839 by Lieut. INIadison Rush, U. S. 

 Navy (539S3) ; black mantilla worn 



Porter, Mrs. John Biddle — Contd. 

 in 1840 by a member of the Rush 

 family ; baby's dress worn in 1809 

 by one of the children of Richard 

 Rush ; dress worn in 1817 by Mrs. 

 Richard Rush (54062: loan) ; 3 old 

 framed engravings of the Duke of 

 Wellington, Lord Castlereagh, and 

 the Right Hon. George Canning, 

 M. P. (54063: loan). 



Post Office Department : Collection 

 consisting principally of postage 

 stamps, stamped envelopes, and 

 l)o.stal cards, of the United States 

 and foreign countries, and a num- 

 ber of articles connected with the 

 history of the postal system of the 

 United States, some of which were 

 formerly exhibited in the museum of 

 the Post Office Department (52985). 



Potter, Frederic A., Director of the 

 Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii : Type 

 specimen of Holacantlms potteri 

 (54172). 



Powell, Earl B., Fort Russell, Wyo. : 

 14 living specimens of Echinocactus 

 simpsoni, from Wyoming (53520). 



Pretoria, Transvaal, Department of 

 Agriculture, Union of South 

 Africa : 380 plants from various lo- 

 calities (54156: exchange). 



Pretz, Harold W., Allentown, Pa. : 32 

 specimens of Botrychium, from 

 Pennsylvania (53744). 



Price, Miss Sydney, Baltimore, Md. 

 (through Mrs. Julian James) : A 

 sampler, dated 1657. which was 

 brought from Sweden to this coun- 

 try by Rev. Petrus Tronberg, rector 

 of Holy Trinity (Old Swede's) 

 Church, Wilmington, Del. (5-1075: 

 loan). 



Primos Mining & Milling Company, 

 Boulder, Colo. : 5 specimens of tung- 

 sten ore (ferberite) (53910). 



Provincial Museum. (See under Hal- 

 ifax, Nova Scotia.) 



