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except during the three summer mouths, and matters of wide botani- 

 cal interest have been regularly discussed. Mr. Stewardson Brown 

 has been serving very efficiently as Conservator pending the annual 

 election. His report showing the condition of the Herbarium, is 

 herewith appended. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows : — 

 Director, ..... Thomas Meehan. 



Vice- Director, . 



Recorder, 



Treasurer, 



Corresponding Secretary, 



Conservator, 



Charles E. Smith. 

 Charles Schaffer, M.D. 

 Stewardson Brown. 

 Joseph D. Crawford. 

 Stewardson Brown. 



Thomas Meehan, 



Director. 



The Conservator of the Botanical Section reports as follows : — 

 In presenting this report for the year your Conservator wishes to 

 congratulate the Section on the general good condition of the Herba- 

 rium at the present time. 



The permanent mounting of the specimens in the general Herba- 

 rium, commenced some years ago, has been carried steadily forward 

 during the present year, largely through the untiring efforts of the 

 Director of the Section, Mr. Thomas Meehan; and we can now 

 report the work done as far as Umbelliferre. 



The additions received during the year have been 1,683 species, 

 of which 332 are lower Cryptogams, and 1,351 Phanerogams and 

 Ferns ; of the latter, 442 species are from North America, 426 from 

 tropical America, 253 from Asia, and 226 from Australia and 

 Polynesia. 



Notable among these are the following collections : — 

 245 species of Newfoundland plants received from the Howard 

 Herbarium, Cambridge ; 111 species of Northern California plants 

 received from Prof. E. L., Greene ; 425 species of Mexican plants 

 collected in 1894, by Prof. C. G. Priugle, and purchased thro.ugh 

 the liberality of some of the members of the Section ; 253 species of 

 Asia Minor plants collected by Prof. Bornmuller, and purchased for 

 the Section, and 126 species from the Azores Islands, collected in 

 1893 by Mr. C. S. Brown, and purchased for the Section. 

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