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debted for a very remarkable Chinese rosary of a hundred beads carved 

 from exquisite dark-red Burmese amber, and in all probability manu- 

 factured in the imperial atelier. An interesting collection of Pompeiian 

 antiquities was purchased by the Museum. It represents a valuable ad- 

 dition to the Pompeiian material and very well illustrates the agricultural 

 phase and every-day life of the people in southern Italy toward the 

 end of the first century. A Persian chain mail, acquired in Tiflis, 

 was secured by piirchase. The most important purchase of the year 

 is represented by the models of Chinese pagodas and the wood-carved 

 gateway made by the Orphan School of the celebrated Jesuit institu- 

 tion in Sikkawai near Shanghai and secured at the Panama-Pacific 

 . Exposition of San Francisco. The purchase of a small collection of 

 incised pottery dug from shell-heaps in Walton County, Florida, is a 

 welcome addition to the small quantity of material possessed by the 

 Museum from this region. With funds provided by Mr. Homer E. 

 Sargent, Mr. C5nnis H. McCormick and Mr. Martin A. Ryerson, a col- 

 lection consisting of approximately one thousand objects, illustrating 

 textiles, costume, jewelry, brass and bidri ware, religious images, and 

 ivory carving, was secured by Dr. George A. Dorsey in India. This 

 collection also includes an interesting series of miniature painting 

 and notable old wood-carvings originating from a Jaina temple. Al- 

 together it denotes a hopeful beginning in the direction of a collection 

 representative of the high civilization of India and augurs well for the 

 large opportunities offered in this immense field in which work on ex- 

 tensive lines may well be continued. 



There were added to the Department of Botany during the year 

 19,831 sheets of herbarium specimens, comprising in part the following 

 interesting and valuable series: Baker & Huber, Brazil 60; Botanical 

 Garden, Natal loi; Botanical Garden, Sidney 99; Buchtien, Bolivia 200; 

 Clokey, Illinois 145; Cowles, British Columbia 164; Alaska 468; Alberta 

 81, Saskatchewan 72, and Washington 491; Dusener, Illinois 292, 

 Indiana 320; Elmer, Philippine Islands 865; Fendler, New Mexico 167; 

 Gates, Philippine Islands 397; Gatmier, Yucatan 212; Heller, California 

 1044; Holm, Porto Rico 149; Johnson, Wisconsin 118; Lansing, Illinois 

 47, Indiana 128; Lindheimer, Texas 66; Meyer, Asia 47; Moodie, Al- 

 berta 195; Millspaugh, Wisconsin 84; Palmer, Mexico 381; Payson, 

 Colorado 260; Philippine Bureau of Sciences 1367; Purpus, Mexico 

 227; Reynolds, Illinois 65, Wyoming 155, Yellowstone Park 75, Wash- 

 ington 151; Sherff, Illinois 214, Photographs of Bidens and Cosmos 671; 

 Huron H. Smith, Oregon 53; Standley, New Mexico 176; U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Gramineae 201; Wenzel, Philippine Islands 841; 

 and Wright, New Mexico 182. In addition to the above, the organiza- 



