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r own named specimens from that region not being sufficient 
os wholly satisfactory ee in all cases. This study will 
have the result of mal Ae our herbarium very rich in specimens 
from northern South Am 
t de Lautreppe, a mining engineer to an American 
u has be 
make use of his services by means of money contributed by Mr. 
Samuel Sloan of the Board of Managers 
y desirable addition has lately been made to the econ- 
Messr. 
co, 
Guadaloupe, nen Australia, and Tahiti, as well as dpecmiens 
of the fruit from wild 
rbarium nies . st been enriched by two collections of 
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small set collected there by Mr. W. N. Clute last year. 
Sir William Dyer, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, Eng- 
land, has sent a second installment, since the beginning of the 
year, of duplicates from the Kew Herbarium. This collection 
contains plants from the East Indies, Samoa, Lagos, Barotonga 
and miscellaneous specimens 
The food department of the economic museum has, within 
starches, pickles, capers, preserves and jellies 
