Oct.  1897. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director 
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Collected  by  E.  H.  Thompson,  Merida,  Yucatan. 
1  dried  plant — Balche — Chichen-Itza,  Yucatan. 
Purchases: 
33  bromide  enlargements  of  forest  trees,  (purchased  from  James  Inglis, 
Chicago,  111.). 
576  herbarium  specimens,  dried  plants, — Florida,  (purchased  from  Geo. 
Y.  Nash,  Columbia  University,  New  York,  N.  Y.). 
573  specimens  dried  plants  for  herbarium  and  exchange — Tekax,  Xbac, 
Progreso,  (purchased  from  Dr.  G.  F.  Gaumer,  Izamal,. Mexico). 
160  specimens  dried  plants  (80  species),  islands  of  L.  California,  (pur- 
chased from  A.  W.  Anthony,  San  Diego,  Cal.). 
314  herbarium  specimens  (dried  plants) — Mexico;  630  specimens  Mexi- 
can plants  (210  species)— Mexico  (purchased  from  C.  G.  Pringle, 
Charlotte,  Yermont). 
14  lantern  slides  of  Brazilian  scenery,  (purchased  from  T.  H.  McAlister, 
New  York,  N.  Y.). 
Personal  herbarium  of  Dr.  Arthur  Schott,  (purchased  from  Mrs.  Augusta 
Schott,  Washington,  D.  C). 
290  specimens  of  dried  plants  for  herbarium, — South  Africa,  (purchased 
from  Prof.  Karl  Schuman,  Berlin,  Germany). 
207  specimens  of  dried  plants  for  herbarium — Mississippi,  (purchased 
from  Chas.  L.  Pollard,  Washington.  D.  C). 
189  specimens  of  dried  plants  for  herbarium— Orinoco,  (purchased  from 
R.  W.  Squires,  Minneapolis,  Minn.). 
FERNO,  F.  E.,  Barton,  N.  Y. 
3  specimens  of  plants  (for  examination— to  be  determined  for  him). 
IOWA  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  Ames,  Iowa. 
100  herbarium  specimens  (96  species),  (exchange). 
135  herbarium  specimens  of  dried  plants,  (exchange). 
JEPSON.  W.  L.,  Berkeley,  Calif. 
2  new  species  of  plants,  types — California. 
LeMOYNE,  F.  J.,  Chicago,  111. 
366  herbarium  specimens,  (122  species) — South  Minnesota. 
LARKIN,  MRS.  T.  J.,  Chicago,  111. 
1  piece  of  Carajo  or  Porcho  wood — Fort  Baird,  Mexico. 
LANSING,  O,  E.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
3  specimens  of  fungi — South  Park,  Chicago,  111. 
MILLSPAUGH,  DR.  C.  F.,  Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. 
82  dried  plants,  herbarium  specimens,  (exchange) — New  York  and  West 
Yirginia. 
160  dried  plants,  herbarium  specimens,  (exchange) — New  York  and  West 
Virginia. 
151  dried  plants,  herbarium  specimens,  (exchange) — various  localities. 
NEW  YORK  BOTANICx\L  GARDENS,  Columbia  University,  New  York,  N.Y. 
41  unmounted  photographs,  (loan). 
22  herbarium  specimens,  (17  species  of  dried  plants) — Goyaz,  Brazil, 
(exchange), 
39  herbarium  specimens,  dried  plants — British  Guiana,  (exchange). 
377  herbarium  specimens,  dried  plants — Florida,  (exchange). 
339  herbarium  specimens,  dried  plants — South  America,  (exchange). 
RYERSON,  MARTIN  A.,  Chicago,  111. 
1 1 20  specimens  of  lichens,  (27  volumes  of  North  America,  and  7  volumes 
of  European). 
RUMBARGER,  J.  L.  LUMBER  CO.,  Dobbin,  W.  Va. 
60  specimens  of  plain  and  fancy  boards. 
SCHUMANN,  PROF.  KARL,  Berlin,  Germany. 
1  herbarium  specimen,  ^  En  pater  ium  drepanophllum  type) — Cozumel, 
Yucatan. 
