(427) 



Miss J. R. Cathcart cj.oo 



Theo. L. De Vinne ^.oo 



$655.00 



The new cases now being built will enable us to install 

 nearly twice as many specimens as have hitherto been mounted 

 for examination ; this additional display will very greatly in- 

 crease the educational value of the collections. 



Accessions of specimens have been duly reported in the 

 Journal as received, and the detail work of this department 

 is given in the report of the Curator. 



Laboratories. 



Applications for use of tables in the laboratories have been 

 more numerous than ever before, and have taxed their capa- 

 city. The new tables now being built will enable us to ac- 

 commodate some additional students. As appears from the 

 report of the Director of the Laboratories, hereto appended, 

 forty-three students, including graduates of thirty-one differ- 

 ent colleges and universities, have been granted the privileges 

 of the laboratories, library and herbarium, during this year, 

 and these students have pursued investigations in practically 

 all lines of botanical research. 



The facilities of the laboratories have also been accorded 

 to numerous visiting investigators from other institutions. 

 Several of the students are occupying teaching positions, 

 while a number have passed from the Garden into teaching 

 and research positions in schools and colleges. 



Dr. Wm. Austin Cannon has assisted Dr. MacDougal in 

 the laboratory work during the latter part of the year. 



Lectures. 



Spring and autumn courses of public lectures have been 

 delivered on Saturday afternoon as in former years, in the 

 Lecture Hall of the Museum Building. The spring course 

 commenced on April 18 and closed on June 14; the autumn 

 course began on October 4 and closed on November 8. A 

 number of these lectures have since been published in the 



