Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
119 
3  herbarium  specimens — Mt.  Carmel,  111. 
76  specimens  of  fungi,  9  species — Blue  Island,  111. 
Trunk  of  tree,  Aralia  spi?tosa — New  York. 
1  photo-negative  of  Aralia  sfiinosa — Waverly,  X.  Y. 
31  specimens  of  fungi,  cotton,  and  field  species  for  Herbarium  — Mis 
sissippi. 
150  herbarium  specimens  (35  species)  for  Forestry  Collection— Mis- 
sissippi. 
12  specimens  of  fruit — Mississippi. 
36  blocks  of  wood — Mississippi. 
2  bromide  enlargements  of  negative — Mississippi. 
Purchases : 
3,500  botanical  specimens,  560  species,  and  1,150  herbarium  plants,  200 
200  species — Yucatan,  (purchased  from  Geo.  F.  Gaumer,  Izamal, 
Yucatan). 
GRAY  HERBARIUM.  Cambridge,  Mass. 
2  dried  plants,  Phyllanthus  and  A rgythavinia,  (for  examination). 
LANSING,  O.  E.,  Chicago. 
3  specimens  of  fungi. 
LEE,  J.  ELLWOOD,  CO.,  Conshohocken,  Pa. 
7  samples  illustrating  process  of  manufacture  of  absorbent  cotton. 
1  lb.  "Hospital  Grade"  absorbent  cotton,  and  1  gallon  liquor  residue 
after  first  process  in  the  manufacture  of  absorbent  cotton. 
MILLSPAUGH,  C.  F.,  Chicago. 
3  herbarium  specimens — North  America,  (exchange). 
54  herbarium  specimens — West  Virginia,  (exchange). 
17  herbarium  specimens — Brazil,  (exchange). 
NAUMANN,  J.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 
Cane  of  Manzanita  wood — natural  curiosity,  head  in  form  of  a  woman, 
(for  examination). 
NEYIN,  W.  G.,  Chicago. 
1  piece  of  oak  wood,  (for  examination). 
NUTTALL,  L.  W.,  Nuttallburg,  W.  Virginia. 
45  fungi — West  Virginia. 
PALMER,  DR.  ^DWARD,  Washington,  D.  C. 
6  photographs  of  trees— Acapulco,  Mexico. 
PARKE,  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
4  plants,  Euphorbiaceae,  (for  examination). 
PETFORD,  C.  E.,  Chicago. 
32  plant  products — Turkestan,  (exchange). 
14  specimens  of  fruits,  gums,  wood  and  rubber. 
1  specimen  of  lace  bark  -  Brazil. 
11  specimens  fruits,  fibers  and  flowers — Johore,  Java  and  Trinidad. 
PHILADELPHIA  COMMERCIAL  MUSEUM,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
28  forestry  products — Japan,  (exchange). 
146  forestry  products — Siam,  (exchange). 
RYERSON,  MARTIN  A.,  Chicago. 
150  herbarium  specimens — Mexico. 
SCHNECK,  DR.  JOSEPH,  Mt.  Carmel,  111. 
2  herbarium  specimens — Mt.  Carmel,  111. 
6  specimens  of  Gladitchia  inonosperma,  leafing  branch  in  spine  and  fruit 
Mount  Carmel,  111. 
STREIT  &  SCHMIT,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Mounted  photograph  of  curiously  marked  board  of  Liricdendron  tulip 
if  era. 
THOMPSON,  E.  H.,  Merida,  Yucatan. 
Pod  and  seeds  of  Xtabay — Chichen-Itza,  Yucatan. 
TOWNE,  MRS.  M.  M.,  Lake  Geneva,  Wis. 
9  specimens  of  fungi,  3  species — Harvard,  111.,  (for  examination). 
