SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 33 
Among the visitors for the year, were noted 431 children 
brought from a neighboring city and 1,846 of our own 
school children, accompanied by teachers and usually 
guided by Garden employees. Many teachers also have 
visited the Garden for material for class use. This in- 
creasing use of the collections by teachers and pupils is 
particularly gratifying; and, in view of the dearth of 
nature-study material in a large city, its much larger 
growth is to be looked for. 
Of the little Handbook of the Garden, 795 copies have 
been sold. 
THE HERBARIUM. 
The past year has been marked by unusual increase of the 
herbarium. Early in the-season the herbarium of the late 
Henry Eggert was secured by purchase. This collection 
is especially rich in representatives of our local flora and 
of the flora of the Southwest. Approximately half-of the 
specimens are already mounted and incorporated. It has 
also been found possible to purchase the collection, chiefly 
fungi, of Professor S. M. Tracy, about two-thirds of which 
have been mounted. Other especially large purchases are 
the general herbarium of Professor Bruce Fink, — some 
6,000 specimens; about 5,000 plants of the Spanish 
peninsula collected by Dr. Michel Gandoger; 1,249 Texas 
plants collected by Mr. Julien Reverchon; about 1,500 
Californian plants from Mr. Leroy Abrams; about 1,200 
plants of the same region from Mr. A. A. Heller and a 
like number from Georgia collected by Mr. R. M. Harper; 
approximately 1,000 Californian plants from Mr. A. D. E. 
Elmer; a like number pertaining to the upper Rocky 
Mountain region, from Professor Aven Nelson; about the 
same number of Mexican plants from Dr. Edward Palmer; 
and a similar number of African plants from Mr. G. Zenker. 
In addition to these, the usual current collections offered 
for sale have been purchased and many and valuable 
exchange additions have been made to the herbarium, 
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