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Our most important addition has been that of a special 
case, located upon the southern wall of the western wing, 
and which beautifully displays the unique collection of 
Philippine fibers collected by Mr. Theodore Miller, and 
described in a previous report. 
Progress has been made in the identification of the 
objects collected several years since by Messrs. Weiss and 
Schmidt on the upper Rio Negro. 
It has been found necessary to store most of our acces- 
sions, owing to the almost complete exhaustion of our stock 
of museum jars. The replenishment of this supply during 
the coming year is urgently needed. 
Respectfully submitted, 
H. H. Russy, 
Honorary Curator of the Economic Collections. 
REPORT OF THE HONORARY CURATOR OF MOSSES 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Director-1n-CHIEF. 
Sir: During the year no purchases of mosses have been 
made; 600 specimens have been received in exchange and 
been incorporated in the herbarium, with the exception 
of the collections made by Dr. J. N. Rose in Brazil, some 
of which are still unnamed and include 180 specimens. 
Our exchanges have covered a wide territory, including 
North and South America, the West Indies, and 30 speci- 
mens (including 4 types) from Kerguelen Island received 
from M. Theriot. Brother Leon has continued his col- 
lections in Cuba, Mr. Stevenson in Porto Rico, and Mr. 
Harris in Jamaica. Special efforts have been made to dis- 
pose of some of the duplicates which have accumulated, 
during ten years, from the Mitten, Underwood, Howe, 
and Allen collections. ‘Two thousand of these have been 
sent to thirty-five correspondents and the endeavor has 
been to place duplicates in the institutions located in or 
near the region where the specimens were collected. All 
exotic specimens have been sent to H. N. Dixon, who has 
very kindly consented to study all unnamed material, and 
