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Ulrich in the Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian strata of Wis- 

 consin. Knowing the needs of the Museum, they made special efforts 

 to obtain material suitable for the exhibition series. 



Collections made by the Canadian Stefansson Expedition to the 

 Arctic, 1913-1916, and worked up by Dr. Dall have furnished useful 

 sets of material for the Museum from the duplicates. An expedition 

 to Magdalena Bay, Lower California, by Mr. C. E. Orcutt, of San 

 Diego, California, has been similarly fruitful. 



ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 



Textiles, woods, medicines, etc. — In reestablishing the division of 

 textiles in 1912 it was found necessary, because of the limited means 

 available, to place under the same supervision certain more or less 

 kindred subjects relating to animal and vegetable products. Of 

 these, wood technology was organized as a section near the close of 

 the fiscal year 1915, with an assistant curator in charge. Later the 

 division of medicine, which was then without an immediate head, was 

 also transferred to the care of the curator of textiles, Mr. F. L. 

 Lewton. Though the division of textiles naturally has the curator's 

 first attention, the section of wood technology and the division of 

 medicine also made considerable progress during the fiscal year 1918, 

 despite vacancies in their staff for a large part of the time. 



While the number of accessions to the division of textiles was 

 smaller than that reported last year and covered a fewer number of 

 entries, the value was fulty as great. Considering all the material 

 under the care of the curator, the number of accessions received is 

 but one less than during 1917, while the entries amount to 189 more. 

 The accessions for the year were as follows : Of textiles 30 accessions 

 with 226 items; of wood technology 16 accessions with 546 items; 

 of medicine 14 accessions with 301 items ; and of other miscellaneous 

 organic materials 25 accessions with 459 items. 



The most valuable addition to the division of textiles during the 

 year was the 18 samples of fine upholstery velvets and velours con- 

 tributed by the Collins & Aikman Co., of New York and Phila- 

 delphia. These fabrics were all manufactured in Philadelphia from 

 mercerized cotton, mohair, or silk, or combinations of these mate- 

 rials. The series included examples of plain and figured antique 

 Venetians, made of the finest quality of mercerized cotton to take 

 the place at a reasonable price of the antique silk velvets which are 

 imitations of old French and Italian fabrics. 



The Duplan Silk Corporation, of New York, contributed eight 

 samples of figured novelty silk dress goods, representing beautiful 

 effects in the cross-dyeing of combinations of cotton, wool, artificial 



