REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND FORESTRY. 37 



T. F. Cheeseman, New Zealand, grasses 100 



O. Gelert, Denmark, grasses 100 



J. Macoun, Canada, flowering plants 50 



C. G. Pringle, Mexican flowering plants 275 



E. R. Lake, Washington, grasses 70 



C. K. Dodge, Port Huron, Mich., flowering plants 100 



State collection by the college for the World's Fair 721 



Varieties of wheat 315 



B. D. Halsted, N. J., weeds . 100 



J. Macoun, Canada, mosses 100 



J. Macoun, Canada, lichens 100 



C. E. Cummings, Mass., lichens 54 



C. L. Shear, fungi 100 



J. B. Ellis, N. Y., fungi 100 



A. B. Seymour, Mass., fungi 150 



L. M. Underwood, Ind., hepaticcp 20 



Total 6,068 



They have nearly all been mounted and placed in the cases and are 

 apparently in fine condition. No insects have been seen in the collection 

 for a long time. 



At present the herbarium contains sheets as follows: 



Phanerogams 29,919 



Lichens 674 



Hepatic* 277 



Mosses 798 



Algse 45 



Fungi 4,503 



THE BOTANIC GARDEN. 



This has been considerable improved, though owing to the delay in put- 

 ting the sewer to the river through a portion of the garden, some of the 

 families have not been placed in the positions intended for them. We 

 have purchased seeds and plants, and collected from various portions of 

 the State from time to time, thus adding perhaps not far from five 

 hundred species during the year. Of course, some have perished for one 

 reason and another, such as the unfavorable conditions of soil or moisture, 

 two unusual freshets in June, or a rather severe winter. But few plants 

 were lost in winter, as they were mostly well mulched with marsh hay late 

 in autumn. 



The grass garden has been moved to a more convenient place, where it 

 is easily accessible to students and visitors. It is now southeast of Well's 

 Hall, where we have a fine variety of soils, exposure and moisture. At 

 this writing most of them are not making a great display as they are com- 

 ing from seed sown this spring. 



THE AEBORETUM. 



These young trees keep growing where most of them was started in 1877, 



