44 Rhodora [Marcu 
At this period the financing of the Herbarium became a pressing 
matter. A Visiting Committee was appointed, and a vigorous 
campaign for endowment initiated. In these matters Miss Day, 
who was called upon to keep all the records and accounts, took a 
lively and exceedingly helpful interest. Indeed, from that time she 
carried very effectively the statistical side of the work at the Her- 
barium, not merely as to budget, but regarding the growth of the 
collections, data for the annual report, summation and balancing 
of exchanges, and the like, all of them matters requiring unflagging 
attention to secure proper accuracy. 
In 1895 the New England Botanical Club was formed and Miss 
Day, already acquainted with most of the charter members, was 
cordially interested in the organization. When the Club started its 
journal some four years later, she was one of the earliest contributors 
to the publication, preparing for it her list of the “Local Floras of 
New England" and “Herbariums of New England,” papers which 
have been subject to much reference and have been decidedly useful 
in the work of the Club. For many years she prepared the index for 
Ruopona, at first declining remuneration for this considerable service. 
For a few years Miss Day devoted a part of her brief summer outings 
to botanical field-work and brought back creditable collections 
from Manchester, Vermont, in 1898 (2900 specimens), Nantucket in 
1900 (700 specimens), Adams in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 
in 1901 (600 specimens), with lesser gatherings of later date from 
East Andover and Deerfield. She also aided in collecting some of 
the plants for the Exsiccatae Grayanae. 
For nearly ten years the major part of the activity at the Herba- 
rium was directed to the revision, indeed almost the rewriting, of 
Gray’s Manual. This involved no end of bibliographical work and on 
that side of the undertaking Miss Day’s aid was constant and invalu- 
able, as it was later in the verification and proof-reading. 
Then came the period from 1909-1915 during which through the 
liberality of the devoted Visiting Committee the Gray Herbarium 
was able to rebuild and greatly enlarge its plamt. The reconstruction 
was carried forward a section at a time. The scientific work mean- 
while went on continuously and the collections, books, catalogues 
and files had to be shifted several times from one part of the building 
to another, always kept accessible for reference, guarded against 
confusion, and protected from dust. It was a strenuous time for the 
