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products of this interesting family of plants. The installation 

 includes the mulberry, Japanese papers from the paper mulberry, ' 

 rubber, figs, vegetable milk and cheese, fustic, bread-fruit, hops, etc. 



TILIACE^ : 



One full case devoted to the two important bast fibers produced 

 by these plants — jute and linden — with various examples of their 

 utilization. 



SOLANACE^ : 



Two cases devoted to the tobacco plant, and many of the more ^ 

 interesting native uses of the leaves. 



Satisfactory progress has been made in the full labeling of sev- 

 eral of the cases previously installed, arid in supplanting the early • 

 incongruous labels with the uniform black labels adopted by this 

 department last year. 



Over 18,000 sheets have been mounted, recorded, and installed 

 in systematic order in the Herbarium during the year. These sheets 

 represent various fields as follows: 





Added this 



Total in 





Year. 



Herb. 



Acklin Island (Bahama), 



I 



I 



Alabama, 



• • • • 33 



212 



Andros Island (Bahama) , 



• ■ • • 293 



293 



Arizona, 



■ • • • 1,319 



1,971 





107 



118 





I 



75 



Bahamas (in general) , 



• • • • 540 



689 





II 



75 





. . . . ' 41 



1 ,612 



Cedros Island (California) , .... 



I 



40 



California, 



■ • . . 1,307 



5,401 







198 





. . . . 919 



3,672 







5 



Cuba, 



. . . . 746 



2,102 



Curacao, . . 



• • • . • 15 



15 





. . . I 



62 





• • '• • 95 



569 



District of Columbia, . . . 



. . . . 16 



1,073 





. . . .> 6 



^ 31 



Ecuador, 



. . . . 817 



830 



Fortune Island (Bahamas) , . . . . 



• • ■ • 3 



3 



Farallones Island, . . . 



I 



3 





• • • . • 372 



5,193 





2 



79 



Guadeloupe Island (California), . 



• ■ . . 3 



20 



Grenada (W. I.), 



64 



90 





. . . . 681 



927 



