Jan., 1911. 



Annual Report of the Director. 



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of botanical and geological laboratories and work rooms in a building 

 on Jefferson Avenue, a short distance from the Museum. This is a 

 well lighted and a well ventilated suite of rooms in a new brick building, 

 and is a very gratifying relief from the dark, cramped, and generally 

 unfit quarters that were provided in the Museum building. In these 

 new quarters the Department of Botany is now engaged with a most 

 competent force in preparing artificial plants, flowers, and fruits for 

 the exhibition series, a number of which have already been placed on 

 view and elicit unusual appreciative comment on the part of both the 

 public and students. The close of the year finds a number of important 

 expeditions in the field. Dr. Lewis in British New Guinea; Mr. Cole 

 in the Philippines, whence he will go to Borneo; Dr. Osgood and his 

 assistant in Venezuela; Dr. Meek in the Panama Canal Zone; Dr. 

 Millspaugh in the Bahamas, and Mr. Smith in Oregon. In addition 

 to these, expeditions are contemplated for botanical investigations 

 and collections in the Tropics of the Pacific and in the Far East; for 

 collections and reproductions among the Hopi; for investigations of 

 the Potawatomi Indians and of the Mound Builders, and for ornith- 

 ological collecting and sketching on the Island of Laysan. From all 

 of which it is apparent that as satisfactory as the results of the 

 closing year have been in all Departments, the coming year is equally 

 promising. 



Maintenance. — The budget approved by the Board of Trustees 

 provided the sum of $178,320 for the expenses of the Museum for the 

 year. The amount expended for maintenance was $145,330, leaving 

 the satisfactory margin of $32,990. In addition to this amount $49,800 

 was expended by special authority of the Board for collections, expe- 

 ditions, and exhibition cases, which brought the total to $195,130. 

 A further sum of $20,865 was subscribed by friends of the Museum for 

 special expeditions, material, and new installations. 



Lecture Courses. — Two courses were given as usual, in the Autumn 

 and Spring, bringing the number of courses given by the Museum 

 to thirty-three. The attendance at these lectures has been steadily 

 good, and the increase in the attendance of students and teachers has 

 been observed with much satisfaction. The ready co-operation of 

 well-known scientific men and lecturers in this work is gratifying, and 

 occasion is here taken to thank the different gentlemen who partici- 

 pated in the courses. 



Following is the Thirty-second Free Illustrated Lecture Course, 

 with the subjects and lecturers, dehvered during the months of March 

 and April, 19 10: 



