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to various schools, including Erasmus Hall, Bushwick, and Girls’ 
High Schools, and Columbia University. Petri dishes, filled with 
nutrient agar, for the study of bacteria and molds, have been 
furnished on request to Girls’, Boys’, Manual Training, and 
Eastern District High Schools, as well as to the Teachers’ Train- 
ing School of Brooklyn. 
Cryptogamic Herbarium 
The following accessions were made to the cryptogamic herba- 
rium during 1917: 
Mosses and liverworts collected in Porto Rico, by gift from Prof. 
Tiel ew Vhetzel «Cornell eWniviersitys mee sce acco sence seas cuayonees esis 
MlOpseay lbhy (EIGEN 555655 65u boon og ou uoecUR>ooU An aOee eDouooubo UOC 50 
INGA. iP DIRUGRISS 4 poe bh adoaedbendubaccdocodoe bp osdEcenuDoUcadnads 100 
[Rarakeat, [Ohi (ROK ooo one sano u asus goobo bones Gun con uGrodoSoodDGS 425 
Fungi, by gift from Mr. Carl A. Schwarze, assistant plant pathologist 
CM Caress | TGS Yc curso te eae es ah ects rca aa gu gern eyes bev age ue ae Rome CPE tenes 
letetoveal, [ony Pale ateosml IDO, Sidbeidr riko 5 Semnoen en ean to du Or I 
nici yebediest Of Nib. bmanicotts \iles ee oo rien srerer rates iris a): S07 
Fungi, by exchange with Prof. E. W. D. Holway, of the University 
Ont AW NbabnKetYo) ichoe Soe Aue Ge Oh ester gene ve eee ence De ceria eG oO. ocr 50 
Fungi, by exchange with Prof. John A. Stevenson, ee In- 
sular Experiment Station, Rio Piedras, Porto Rico.............. 110 
NG) bea lt pero ae ae er oe he SABE Sy coin a Ske ee eee eee 1,382 
Editorial and Research Work 
Series V of the Leaflets, consisting of fourteen numbers, was 
utilized as far as our slender resources would permit in the war 
service educational work of the Garden, the following subject- 
in particular aiding toward the solution of local garden and food 
problems: The small vegetable garden; Some msect pests; The 
storage of vegetables; The one-pertod cold-pack method of can- 
ning; Fall treatment of land for garden crops. Vhese were 
issued in extra large editions, which were soon exhausted. 
The assistant curator of elementary instruction, Miss Shaw, 
was editor of the National Plant, Flower, and Fruit Guild 
Magazine during the year. 
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Besides editing Leaflets, 1 have also acted as one of the edt- 
