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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 b} T 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 FEtat, 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, 



