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a fine scientifically identified series of the seeds of the native shrubs 

 and trees of Italy, an excellent collection and one seldom, if ever, 

 seen at an exposition. From Formosa, a full series of tree sections 

 of the various timbers utilized upon the island, these were carefully 

 named and prepared by the Forestry Department of Japan; an ex- 

 cellent series of the fibers of Formosa, with some instance of utilization 

 of the same; raw material, pulp and finished papers of various bast 

 and other paper-fiber producing plants ; camphor and products ; teas ; 

 a series illustrating the food nuts of the country; specimens repre- 

 senting the various grades of sugars produced in Formosa from the 

 cane; and series of the food and condiment roots of the island. The 

 herbarium has been augmented during the past year by the accession 

 of 11,089 specimens, among which the most notable series are as 

 follows: Fiebrig's plants of Paraguay (465); Mrs. Ayer's plants of 

 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (78) ; Curtiss' plants of the Isle of Pines 

 (308); Mrs. Chase's plants of Maryland, District of Columbia and 

 Virginia (516) ; Ames' plants of Florida (418) ; and those of Britton, 

 Small, Small and Carter, Small and Nash, and Small and Wilson (581) ; 

 van Hermann's plants of Cuba (922) ; Broadway's plants of Granada 

 (415); the Berea plants of Natal (99); Nash and Taylor's plants of 

 Inagua (249) ; Britton and Brace's plants of New Providence (478) ; 

 plants of the Bahamas, Britton and Millspaugh (1147) ; plants of the 

 Forest of Arden, Illinois, Skeels, (414) ; the Mexican plants of Palmer 

 (315)5 ^'^^ Pringle (1,125); Johnson's plants of Margarita Island 

 (176) ; Harris' later plants of Jamaica (169) ; Harper's last collection 

 of Georgia (272); Groth's Texan plants (214); and the Gulf States 

 plants of Tracey (406) . The substantial additions to the Herbarium 

 distributed geographically are as follows: 



Total in 



Accessions. Herb. 



Alabama, • 402 960 



Bahamas (in general), 21 148 



Abaco, I I 



Cat Island, 117 117 



Cave Cay, 33 33 



Cay north of Wide Opening, 40 40 



Crooked Island, 56 56 



Eleuthera, 160 160 



Exuma, 221 221 



; Fortune Island, 83 85 



Frozen Cay, 23 23 



Galiot Cays, 24 24 



Goat Cay, 16 16 



