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landicum), Diapensia lapponica, and others. These plants have 
been added to the rock garden. 
Collections of seeds and living plants were also made by the 
assistant curator of the herbarium in the Catskill Mts., and by the 
director on the coast of Maine. 
Herbarium 
Accessions—Accessions to the phanerogamic herbarium num- 
bered 11,717 as against 2,311 in 1918; and to the cryptogamic 
harbarium 9,676 as against 1,900 the year before, a grand total of 
21,393, specimens. The curator of plants notes especially the 
acquisition by purchase of the private herbarium of woody plants, 
6,000 specimens, collected at the Arnold Arboretum by Mr. 
Camillio Snyder, of Vienna, and by gift the herbarium of Miss 
Fanny A. Mulford, of about 4,000 specimens from Lnog Island 
and vicinity. 
Conservatories 
The construction of the concrete lily pools and the paths for the 
Conservatory Garden necessitated the closing of the plant houses 
from June to November. 
Library 
Accessions——Among the most important accessions to the 
library was a complete set of the original edition of Saccardo’s 
Sylloge Fungorum. Other important accessions are noted in the 
appended report of the librarian. A total of 462 volumes and 
974 pamphlets was added during the year, and 46 new periodicals 
were added to the. current periodical file, making a total of 389 
serials currently received. 
Spring Inspection 
The seventh annual spring inspection of the Garden, by trus- 
tees, members, and invited guests, was held on Tuesday after- 
noon, May 13. This date proved to have been the only pleasant 
day for a week or more preceding and following. The special 
feature was an exhibition of paintings of California wild flowers 
