Education Department Bulletin 



Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 



Entered as secoad-class matter June 24, 1908. at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 



the act of July 16, 1894 



No. 450 ALBANY, N. Y. July i, 1909 



New York State Miiseam 



John M. Clarke, Director 

 Charles H. Peck, State Botanist 



Museum bulletin 131 

 REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1908 



Dr John M. Clarke, Director of the State Mnscuiu: 



The following report of work done in tlie botanical department 

 of the State Museum for the year 1908 is respectfully submitted. 



Since the date of my last report specimens of plants for the 

 State herbarium have been collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Dutchess, Erie, Niagara, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga and 

 Steuben. .Specimens have been received from correspondents and 

 others that were collected in the counties of Albany, Chenango, 

 Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Franklin, Kings, Monroe, 

 Niagara. Oneida, Onondaga, Orleans, Otsego, Rensselaer. Rich- 

 mond, Rockland, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster, 

 Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming. 



The luimber of species of plants of which specimens have been 

 added to the herbarium is 152. Of these, 88 were not before 

 represented therein. A list of the added species is given under the 

 caption " Species added to the herbarium." The number of 

 those whf) have contributed specimens of plants, either as direct 

 contributions or as specimens sent or brought to the office of the 

 State I'otanist for identification or other information, is jj. In 

 the latter case the names of those persons only are included whose 

 specimens were in such condition or of such vahie as to make them 

 worthy of preservation. A list of the contributors and their re- 

 spective contributions is given under the heading " Contributors 

 and their contributions." 



The numl)er of species which have not before been rej^orted 

 and which may be considered as a''ditions to our State flora is 63. 



