20 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
to 258,629 mounted specimens, protected by impregnation 
with corrosive sublimate. The present composition of the 
herbarium, in which 10,793 specimens derived by purchase 
and 5,674 specimens received as donations or in exchange 
have been incorporated in 1896, and from which 1,061 un- 
mounted duplicates have been distributed, is as follows: — 
The Engelmann herbarium (all groups), about...... 97,800 specimens. 
The general herbarium of higher plants: — 
The Bernhardi herbarium.............61,120 
Other specimens: s.........0scccce vies 80,843 
141,963 “ 
The collection of Thallophytes: — 
The Bernhardi herbarium........ vsaaes 126 
Other specimens...............06+0 000018,740 
18,866 - 
Making a total of about........+-+e06- 258,629 
WAITIDU -Wlis-0 00.2 Fane eee ait bua 0 knoll +++ +$25,862 90 
Practically as part of the herbarium, the following 
material is noted: — 
Wood specimens of various sizes........+..-- 1,027, valued at $100 00 
Wood veneers, by Spurr, Hough, Noérdlinger 
and Michel. ..2.csccsseccccesces aie geanes 2,229 8 * 150 00 
Microscope slides, by Hough, Penhallow, Mun- 
roe, and others..... sceccccccccccccccevees 1,051 *« 250 00 
. YTogether.......... occa eeeee eves 4,307 * $500 00 
Erfurt, Germany, in 1774, and who died at Erfurt in 1850. Further in- 
formation about the herbarium can be found in the earlier Garden Reports 
(ii. 25; iii. 15; iv. 12; v.15; vi. 15; vii. 17), and in the Transactions 
of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, vol. i. page 316. At the Royal 
Botanical Garden at Berlin, Germany, is also a Bernhardi herbarium, 
formed, however, by a different person, namely Theodor Bernhardi, born 
in 1810, died in 1889, who, as I learn by a letter from Dr. Urban, was also 
a resident of Erfurt.— See also Engler’s Bot. Jahrbicher, xiv. Beiblatt, 
Heft 4, p. 37. 
