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REPORT OF THE HEAD CURATOR OF MUSEUMS 
AND HERBARIUM 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, Director-1n-CuieErF. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report 
for the year IgII. 
The collections in my charge were developed and cared 
for on the plans and by the methods outlined in several 
of my former reports. 
Specimens were received as follows: 
By gifts and purchases..............00 00 ceuee 4,857 
By exchanges..........0 0 cece cece ence cence 3,243 
By exploration. ...... 0... cece eee 17,972 
0) 6 BR ee 26,072 
A total of 11,061 duplicate specimens were sent to other 
institutions and to individuals in exchange. 
Museums 
The general arrangement of the several public museums 
was not changed. Individual exhibits were rearranged, 
new ones were installed and miscellaneous specimens added. 
Tue Fosstr Prant Museum was improved by the 
substitution of new or better specimens to replace old 
ones. These were labeled and many of the old labels 
in the floor cases were revised and reprinted. The data 
on the temporary labels in the wall cases were transcribed 
and copy prepared for permanent labels. 
HE Economic MusEum was increased by the inter- 
polation of many specimens of drug-plants and food- 
plants, and by miscellaneous specimens throughout the 
various exhibits. An important addition to the exhibit 
of flavoring agents was a collection of photographs show- 
ing the methods of culture and of curing the vanilla 
bean. <A few large plates to illustrate the source, habit, 
