TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. i< 
small museum which was established in the lifetime of Mr. 
Shaw, but which, when the Board assumed control of the 
Garden, was hardly in condition to be kept opened, is still 
used for other purposes, so that the Garden is yet without 
a public museum, although it possesses very considerable 
accumulations of research material properly classed as part 
of a museum equipment, though, from its nature, not dis- 
played for public inspection. The extension plans already 
referred to provide for the ultimate establishment of an 
adequate museum.* 
The herbarium, which started with the important Engel- 
mann and Bernhardi collections,f and which has been 
reported on annually, and to which, in 1897, were added 
the extensive Redfield, Jermy and Joor herbaria,t was 
increased during 1898 by the addition of many small col- 
lections from the United States and other regions, of 
which a very large number of specimens are still un- 
mounted. ‘The new material incorporated comprises, after 
deducting one duplicate sheet withdrawn from the Engel- 
mann herbarium and two from the general collection, 
19,079 sheets of specimens, of which 7,103 were bought, 
6,995 pertain to the Redfield collection, 2,479, appraised 
at $123.75 were collected by Garden employees, and 2,506, 
appraised at $125.30,§ were presented, chiefly in exchange 
for Garden publications. By way of exchange, 462 her- 
barium specimens, valued at $23.10 were distributed to 
correspondents of the institution; and for research and 
museum purposes, 33 specimens of alcoholic material and 
194 packets of nuts were presented to similar establish- 
ments. 
* Rept. 8343-4. 
+ Rept.1:93. 2:24-5. 8:15. 8319. 
t Rept. 9:14. 
§ These valuations, as in earlier volumes, for the unmounted speci-. 
mens as received. 
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