(323) 
In the matter of foreign specimens, which are being espe- 
cially collected for us, correspondence has been maintained 
with Mr. Herbert H. Smith, who is still collecting in U. S. 
Colombia. 
In the way of exchanging, little has been done, as our ma~ 
terial for this purpose is as yet scanty. With the practical com- 
pletion of our own local collection, as above reported, we can, 
during the ensuing season, turn our attention more seriously 
to this work. We have received, however, from the New 
York College of Pharmacy, a considerable collection of 
drugs, for which return can be made in the future, as con- 
convenient. We have, moreover, sent to the Philadelphia 
Museums a large collection of botanical specimens, greatly 
desired for the building up of their herbarium, and for which 
they are prepared to return a large amount of valuable eco- 
nomic material as soon as a representative of the Garden can 
arrange to go and select it. 
We are indebted to the following persons and firms for 
donations, some of them very extensive: 
Messrs. Parke, Davis & Co. of Detroit and New York 
have donated 118 specimens of drugs. 
Messrs. Peek & Velsor of New York have donated 36 
specimens of drugs. 
Messrs. Fritzsche Bros., the American representatives of 
Schimmel & Co., have donated a large and very valuable set 
of volatile oils and related products. 
The Animal Trap Co., of Abingdon, Il., has donated a 
set of woods of special value in the manufacture of traps, 
with samples of the traps made therefrom. 
Messrs. Lanman & Kemp have donated two specimens of 
drugs. 
We are specially indebted to the house of Peter Hender- 
son & Co., of New York, and to Mr. James A. Staples of 
Marlboro, New York, not only for the specimens donated, 
but for their generous and interested codperation in devising 
representative exhibits. The former donated 39 specimens 
of garden vegetables, the latter 32 specimens of domes- 
