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tional museum cases is made by a city appropriation, which 
will be installed partly in the economic museum and partly 
in the systematic museum. The collection of enlarged 
photographs from original negatives taken during explora- 
tion work mostly in the American tropics was installed on 
the walls of the systematic museum during the summer and 
is of much educational value, including 214 studies illus- 
trating characteristic trees, plant societies, fruits, flowers 
and other features. We have about 150 more photographs 
available to add to this collection which may be framed 
and installed. 
A very interesting series of old Chinese paintings illus- 
trating the tea plant and methods of collecting and packing 
its leaves has been presented to the Garden by Dr. Reginald 
H. Sayre, and is herewith exhibited. 
Herbarium 
Additions to the herbarium include about 60,000 speci- 
mens, obtained principally from exploration work and by 
exchanges of duplicate specimens with other gardens and 
museums. Considerably more than one-half of the acces- 
sions have been mounted and distributed in the collection, 
so as to be available for the use of students and investi- 
gators. More additional herbarium cases, now greatly 
needed, may be obtained through a city appropriation for 
cases, but a considerable additional number will be needed 
in order to properly preserve future accessions to this most 
important scientific collection. 
Contributions of money, credited to the “‘Museum and 
Herbarium Fund” and expended for the purchase of 
museum and herbarium specimens, were received during 
the year as follows: 
William D. Sloane... 0.0.0.0... 0c cece eee eee $250 
Neb Britton onc fideo the veal tte beste 200 
Mrs, F. F. Thompson..........00 22. ee eee eee 200 
Arthur F. Estabrook...............22-000-005- 100 
