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room is admirably suited to its purpose and is conveniently 

 divided into three long alcoves by two rows of pillars. Be- 

 tween one row of pillars and the east wall range the cases 

 containing the Garden herbarium, while between the other 

 row of pillars and the west wall stand the cases containing 

 the Columbia University Herbarium. The blocks of cases 

 are placed so as to permit walking completely around them. 

 Through the space between the two rows of pillars and across 

 the north end of the room facing large windows, are two 

 series of tables equidistant from both herbaria. 



A herbarium library, being a series or duplicate books from 

 the main library, has been deposited in the herbarium room. 

 Here are kept such books as are constantly needed in connec- 

 tion with herbarium work, thus effecting a saving of time 

 that would need be expended were it necessary to constantly 

 consult the main library on numerous minor yet important 

 points. 



a. Garden Herbarium. This collection is rapidly gaining 

 in value and importance. The specimens composing it have 

 been derived from available collections made during the past 

 few years, especially since the foundation of the Garden, from 

 all parts of the world, in addition to miscellaneous specimens 

 and many rare sets of plants of earlier collections fortunately 

 acquired through the accessions of the following collections 



The J. B. Ellis herbarium. 



The John J. Crooke herbarium. 



The F. M. Hexamer herbarium. 



The II. E. Hasse herbarium. 



The Per A. Rydberg herbarium. 



The Lewis R. Gibbcs herbarium. 



The Peter V. LeKoy herbarium. 



The Harry Edwards herbarium. 



The Anna M. Vail herbarium. 



The Francis E. Lloyd herbarium. 



The whole, or such portions, of these collections as were 

 especially needed for study, have now been mounted and in- 

 corporated in the main herbaria. 



At present the specimens belonging to theGarden herbarium 



