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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS. 



To THE DlRECTOR-IN-CniEF. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as 

 Curator of the Museums and Herbarium for the year 1900. 



At the beginning of the year we were still carrying on most 

 of our operations in the temporary office building in the vil- 

 lage of Bedford Park. The work that occupied us through- 

 out the year, in addition to the actual task of installation, was 

 in great part a continuation of that outlined in my last annual 

 report, together with that arising from various problems which 

 presented themselves in the course of the development of the 

 whole museum project. 



Museums. 



1. General Accessions.* Both before and after the 

 actual installing of the exhibits began, the accumulation of 

 museum material was continued as heretofore, by gift, pur- 

 chase and exchange, and by the personal collection of mem- 

 bers of the staff. The objects thus brought together during 

 the year aggregate to 2,342. They represent both crude plant 

 materials and more or less refined or manufactured products. 



2. Preparation of Material for Exhibition. This 

 branch of our work was mainly a continuation of the opera- 

 tions on this line last year: glass jars, exhibition blocks and 

 exhibition cards, as described in my report of last year, were 

 secured in the following quantities : 



a. Glass jars. (Specimen jar, 2,605, Whitall, Tatum & 

 Co.). 



* For detailed list of accessions, see Journal of the New York Botanical 

 Garden, i : nos. 1-12. 



