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REPORT OF THE HEAD CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS AND 
RBARIU. 
Dr. N. L. Britron, Drrectror-1n-CHIEF. 
Sir: I submit herewith the following report as Head 
Curator of the Museums and Herbarium for the year 1914. 
The museum and herbarium collections were enlarged 
by specimens from many parts of the world. They were 
conserved by methods mentioned in previous annual 
reports. 
Accessions. The specimens received for the public 
exhibits and for the study collections were accessioned from 
month to month in the Garden Journal. 'The most im- 
portant additions, and those bearing more directly on the 
current work of the Garden, came from North America 
and South America. The manner of acquisition and the 
number of specimens received may be stated as follows: 
By gift and purchase....... 2... cece ee eee 27,807 
By-exchange sciigcaiar ieee ceit ede ides 7,876 
By exploration...........-.0 20... e eee eee eee 8,492 
44,175 
The value of the gifts is estimated at $1,212.60. 
About 5,096 duplicate specimens were sent to other 
institutions and to individuals in exchange. 
Museums 
Neither exhibition cases nor mechanical devices were 
added to the museum equipment. The various exhibits 
were increased by some of the specimens received during 
the year and by others withdrawn from storage. 
Fossi Plant Museum. The collections of this museum 
were improved throughout. Specimens were added from 
both the Old World and the New. The more important 
additions were several large specimens of silicified wood 
from Arizona and a collection of Pleistocene plants from 
Canada. The wall-cases, containing mainly plants of the 
carboniferous period, were supplied with type-printed 
labels to replace the former hand-printed ones. 
