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Trusting that this may meet with your approval and that such action 
of the Executive Committee can be approved at the meeting on Monday 
evening next, I am 
Very truly yours, 
(Signed) Ww. B. Davenport, 
Chairman, 
— 
The conditions named in the above letter were agreed to, and 
the collection was received at the Garden on November 20, 1914. 
Special mention should also be made of the purchase of the 
herbarium of the late E. L. Morris, formerly curator of natural 
science in the Brooklyn Institute Museum. This collection con- 
sists of over 9,000 specimens, and is specially rich in the genus 
Plantago, on which Mr. Morris had specialized for some years. 
Crowded Quarters—The statement of the curator of plants 
(p. 50) concerning the inadequacy of the present temporary quar- 
ters of the herbarium, is worthy of special note. Even after doub- 
ling our present number of metal cases, we shall have room for 
less than half the collection. The erection of new metal cases 
will necessitate placing the wooden cases in our small public cor- 
ridor. Here, as in the case of the library, relief can come only 
by the construction of the next two sections of the building. 
The Staff 
New Head Gardener—On January 22, 1914, Mr. John V. 
Borin, head gardener since April 1, 1911, sent in his resignation 
to take effect on March 1. The appointment of his successor, 
Mr. Montague Free, was recorded in the Recorp for July, 1914. 
Librarian——On April 24, 1914, Miss Helen Virginia Stelle, 
librarian since September 1, 1913, resigned. On June 1, 1914, 
Miss Anna Kk. Fossler, formerly supervisor of the serial depart- 
ment of the library of Columbia University, was appointed acting 
librarian, which position she held until July 8. The Garden was 
without a librarian for the remainder of the year, but the appoint- 
ment of Dr. Laura E. W. Benedict will take effect on January 1, 
1915. Dr. Benedict’s academic and professional experience is as 
follows: 
1890-96, Newberry Library, Chicago. Accession and catalog- 
ing departments. 
