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Go Wir. AW.. aR Maxon, U. S. National Herbarium, Washington, 
D. C., 114 pressed specimens of Nephrolepis varieties, culti- 
vated at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden by Dr. R. C. Benedict. 
Specimens Received by Exchange 
Mr. Camillio Schneider, Vienna, Austria, 710 specimens collected 
in the Carpathian Mountains, Austria. 
U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C., 1,412 miscellaneous 
duplicates. 
Number of herbarium specimens mounted in 1921: 894. 
Specimens Purchased 
The herbarium of A. Fredholm, containing 1,100 species of Porto 
Rican plants, and about 4,000 duplicates of the same, making 
a total of 5,100. 
Mr. L. A. Kenoyer, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, 
India, 729 specimens collected in the Himalayas. 
Living Plants Obtained by Collection 
From Dr. Orland E. White, with the Mulford Scientific Expedi- 
tion, South America (16). 
Miss Margaret Chapin (1). 
Dr. Alfred Gundersen, native plants collected on Long Island (10). 
Living Plants Obtained by Exchange 
Mr. Clarence Lown, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (36 alpine plants). 
Missouri Botanical Garden (2 varieties of water lilies). 
Seeds Distributed to Other Institutions 
On an exchange basis, 1,918 packets of seeds were distributed 
to other institutions during the spring of 1g2t. 
he number of species and varieties of plants raised from seed 
during the year 1921 totaled 611. 
Personal Activities 
The “ Vegetation of Long Island” is now in such state that I 
hope to be able to have it ready for the printer during 1922. A 
