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dispensable basis for our program of scientific work and public 
education. 
HERBARIA 
The Phanerogamic Herbarium consists of more than 215,000 
specimens of flowering plants, chiefly from North America. 
Among the important collections represented is the herbarium of 
A. A. Heller, containing many of his type specimens, chiefly from 
the western States and especially rich in Lupinus. There are 
also collections from Suksdorf, Sandberg, Bolander, Hall & 
Harbour, Nevius, Howell, and others. From the eastern States 
are the large New Jersey collections of Henry Dautun and C. F. 
Austin, the herbarium of E. L. Morris (primarily from the Dis- 
trict of Columbia), and the miscellaneous collections of Stephen 
Calverley. Also collections from the Galapagos Islands and the 
west coast of South America by Dr. Henry K. Svenson. There 
is a large representation of the Long Island flora including the 
herbarium of E. S. Miller and selected specimens from Wilham 
C. Ferguson. In addition, the herbarium contains several collec- 
tions of very old specimens presumably from the Brooklyn 
Lyceum of Natural History, apparently the herbarium of William 
Cooper, and early collections of Torrey, Leavenworth, Croom, 
and Gates. 
The Cryptogamic Herbarium contains a large collection of ferns, 
mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae. It also contains the myco- 
logical collection consisting of approximately 79,000 specimens of 
fungi and myxomycetes, including the mycological collection of Dr. 
Franz Bubak, of Prague, for many years director of the Tabor 
Botanical Garden. This collection of 33,779 specimens, includes 
type specimens of more than 500 species new to science, described 
by Dr. Bubak. 
Other exsiccati represented in the Garden herbarium are those 
of EE. Bartholomew; Ellis & Everhart; Jace ski, Komarow and 
Tranzschel; W. A. Kellerman ; Racor skis Seymour & Earle; C. 
Ibeshear: Faw Be ovdow: David Coa and others. 
These herbaria may be consulted daily (except Sundays and 
holidays) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 m. 
Specimens may be submitted for identification. 
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