(270 



In addition to the frames, five hundred feet of the oak 

 moulding from which the frames are made was secured. 

 From this supply we made frames of odd sizes as occasion 

 demanded. 



3. Installation. Our work in connection with the in- 

 stallation was mainly a continuation of that of the latter part 

 of last year, as outlined in my last annual report. The gen- 

 eral disposition of the various exhibits has not been materially 

 altered. New exhibits have been installed, while numerous 

 individual specimens have been incorporated into the exhibits 

 already installed, in order to fill existing gaps or for the 

 purpose of fuller illustration. 



4. Labelling. — The permanent labelling of the collections 

 has been continued as fast as our printing outfit would permit. 

 Many of the exhibits, which could not be furnished with our 

 standard label, have been supplied with temporary labels. 



5. Economic Museum.* — The plan originally adopted for 

 this museum has been followed without noteworthy change. 

 Additions have been made to nearly all the exhibits installed 

 during last year. The exhibits of fibers, foods, drugs, oils, 

 gums, resins, starches and sugars have been considerably in- 

 creased. We have been forced to store considerable valu- 

 able and interesting material on account of the insufficient 

 equipment of cases. 



6. Systematic Museum. As in the case of the Economic 

 Museum, the general plan of this Museum remains the same 

 as it was last year. 



(a) The Synoptic Collection, t Considerable attention was 

 devoted to this collection both in the matter of filling up gaps 

 in the sequence of the plant families and in furnishing the 

 specimens with exhibition blocks and frames. The collec- 

 tion as it now stands is almost completely framed, while 

 many specimens are awaiting installation for need of glass 

 jars. 



* For details see Report of the Curator of the Economic Collections. 

 t For further notes on this collection see Journal of the New York Botan- 

 ical Garden, 2 : 81. 



