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Mann, Horace, the younger. At the Public Library, Concord, 
Mass., is a collection of about 600 plants of Northern United States 
mounted and arranged systematically in cases. This belonged to 
the son of Horace Mann, the educator. 
Manning, Warren Henry, Boston, MassACHUSETTS. — Mr. 
Manning’s herbarium contains about 1500 species and varieties of 
herbaceous plants and about 275 of woody plants. The former are 
mostly from the region covered by Gray's Manual, the larger part 
having been collected by Mr. Manning in New England, Minnesota, 
and northern Wisconsin. ‘The woody plants include a large number 
of horticultural forms collected in the Arnold Arboretum and on the 
Biltmore Estate in North Carolina; they are arranged in alphabetical 
order by genera and species, but the herbaceous plants are in 
botanical sequence. ; 
Massachusetts Agricultural College and Experiment 
Station, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS. — About 1870 this herbarium 
was started and now contains nearly 25000 specimens which are 
divided as follows: phaenogams and pteridophytes 12000, (pur- 
chased from W. W. Denslow) representing foreign as well as 
American flora ; Musci, 1000 species. including collections from W. 
W. Denslow, C. F. Austin, C. H. Peck, and others; Aepaticae, 100 
species including the Thuringenschen Staaten collection of W. O. 
Müller; Fungi 10000 species, both foreign and American ; Lichens 
1200 species containing fascicles 1-6 of Edward Tuckerman’s 
distribution. A part of the herbarium is located at the College and 
a part at the Experiment Station. 
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Bosron, MASSACHU- 
SETTS. — Dr. William P. Bolles started a collection for this college in 
1877. It now numbers about 5000 specimens which are mostly 
medicinal plants both local (of which there is a good representation) 
and of broader range. Dr. Bolles’ private collection, which has 
been given to the College, consists of about 4000 mounted sheets, 
organized but noť very accessible. 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, MASSACHU- 
sETTS. — The largest part of the herbarium of the Horticultural 
Society consists of Mr. George E. Davenport’s collection of ferns, 
containing about 3200 specimens. ‘There are several other small 
collections embodied in the herbarium, among these is one made by 
Dennis Murray of Roxbury, of about 275 species of the flowering 
