(3i) 



of the family and the geographical distribution of its genera 

 and species. 



Specimens in both museums are being furnished with labels 

 referring to living plants in the conservatories and out-door 

 plantations. 



5. Care of Collections. The newness of the museums 

 and the necessarily more or less incomplete exhibits, entailed 

 a great amount of moving and readjustment of whole exhibits 

 or individual specimens. Nearly all specimens, subject to the 

 ravages of insects, have been poisoned with carbon bisulphide, 

 chloroform or mercuric chloride, according to the nature of the 

 case. The specimens have repeatedly been cleaned and when- 

 ever it has been possible a better or more characteristic speci- 

 men has been substituted for a poorer one. 



6. Uses of the Museums. Both the economic and syste- 

 matic museums have been used for some definite purpose by 

 individual students not connected with the Garden, classes 

 from various local schools, whole schools from both New 

 York City and Jersey City, and by the registered students of 

 the Garden as well as the generally interested or mere sight- 

 seeing public. In addition, manufacturers from other cities 

 have consulted different collections of our economic museum 

 from a commercial standpoint. 



Herbaria. 



1. General Accessions.* During the year 48,895 her- 

 barium specimens from all parts of the world were added to 

 our collections. These were acquired by gift, exchange and 

 purchase, as well as collected by members of the staff. 



2. Mounting of Herbarium Specimens. About 67,650 

 sheets containing fully 112,050 specimens, were mounted and 

 distributed in the herbarium cases. We have now finished 

 mounting and distributing all the specimens belonging to the 

 Jaeger moss herbarium and the Ellis fungus herbarium. 



3. Arrangement of the Herbaria. f The herbarium 



* For a more extended account of the herbaria, see the Journal of the New 

 York Botanical Garden i : 33-38. 



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

 Garden 1 : nos. 1-12. 



