﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  17 
  

  

  through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  various 
  agencies, 
  spent 
  five 
  months 
  in 
  

   botanical 
  collecting 
  in 
  El 
  Salvador 
  and 
  Guatemala, 
  bringing 
  back 
  

   over 
  6,000 
  specimens. 
  Another 
  botanical 
  expedition, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  F. 
  W. 
  Pennell 
  and 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip, 
  was 
  in 
  western 
  Colombia 
  

   at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  various 
  scientific 
  or- 
  

   ganizations. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  exploration 
  was 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  flora 
  

   and 
  secure 
  botanical 
  specimens 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  complete 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  northern 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  The 
  auditorium 
  and 
  adjacent 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  were 
  used 
  by 
  

   numerous 
  societies 
  and 
  organizations 
  for 
  meetings, 
  congresses, 
  and 
  

   lectures. 
  The 
  Museum 
  published 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  9 
  volumes 
  and 
  78 
  

   separate 
  papers. 
  These 
  are 
  described 
  somewhat 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  

   " 
  Report 
  on 
  publications," 
  Appendix 
  10 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  History 
  Building 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  

   441,604; 
  to 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building, 
  262,151; 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   Aircraft 
  Building, 
  46,380. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  art 
  works 
  accessioned 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  

   Gallery 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  falls 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  recent 
  years, 
  

   nevertheless 
  progress 
  in 
  the 
  gallery's 
  activities 
  has 
  been 
  satisfactory. 
  

   The 
  greatest 
  handicap 
  to 
  its 
  work 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  lack 
  of 
  exhibition 
  

   space. 
  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  number 
  of 
  accessions 
  

   noted 
  above 
  is 
  in 
  part 
  due 
  to 
  this 
  shortage 
  of 
  space, 
  as 
  owners 
  of 
  

   valuable 
  art 
  works 
  very 
  naturally 
  desire 
  to 
  see 
  them 
  adequately 
  

   housed 
  and 
  exhibited. 
  The 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  suitable 
  gallery 
  for 
  

   the 
  national 
  collections, 
  already 
  valued 
  in 
  the 
  millions, 
  will 
  be 
  readily 
  

   understood 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  that 
  until 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  acces- 
  

   sions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  were 
  estimated 
  at 
  hundreds 
  of 
  thousands 
  

   annually. 
  If 
  accessions 
  are 
  turned 
  elsewhere 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  

   of 
  space 
  to 
  exhibit 
  them, 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  the 
  loss 
  will 
  

   amount 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  building. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  accessions 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  a 
  portrait 
  of 
  

   President 
  Grant, 
  by 
  Thomas 
  Le 
  Clear, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Grant, 
  jr. 
  ; 
  an 
  oil 
  painting 
  entitled 
  " 
  The 
  Signing 
  of 
  the 
  Treaty 
  of 
  

   Ghent," 
  by 
  Sir 
  A. 
  Forestier, 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  by 
  the 
  Sulgrave 
  Institution; 
  a 
  painting 
  entitled 
  "Tohickon," 
  

   by 
  Daniel 
  Garber, 
  provided 
  through 
  the 
  Henry 
  Ward 
  Ranger 
  be- 
  

   quest 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  portrait 
  of 
  Edwin 
  H. 
  Harriman, 
  an 
  artist's 
  proof 
  etch- 
  

   ing, 
  one 
  of 
  21 
  from 
  the 
  copper. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  art 
  works 
  

   were 
  loaned 
  to 
  the 
  gallery 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  among 
  them 
  being 
  71 
  

   portraits 
  in 
  pastel, 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  22 
  life-size 
  groups 
  of 
  Union 
  and 
  Con- 
  

   federate 
  veterans 
  of 
  the 
  Civil 
  Vvar, 
  painted 
  from 
  life 
  by 
  Walter 
  

   Beck, 
  of 
  Brooklyn, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  50 
  years 
  after 
  the 
  Battle 
  of 
  Appomattox, 
  

  

  