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Conservation Law, and authorized land owners to post their 

 property in behalf of wild plants on terms similar to those which 

 now apply to animals. The amendment was passed by the 

 State vSenate but failed in the Assembly in the rush of the last 

 days of the session. 



The amendment represented the proposal of the Joint Com- 

 mittee appointed by four societies, the Wild Flower Preservation 

 Society, the American Fern Society, the New York Bird and 

 Tree Club, and the Torrey Botanical Club, which had met 

 originally in May, 1923, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as 

 reported last year. This committee has continued its activity 

 under the chairmanship of Dr. G. Clyde Fisher, of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, and with the addition of repre- 

 sentatives of a number of other organizations. 



On May 28 a second joint meeting of the several societies and 

 individuals interested in this movement was held at the Garden. 

 There were both forenoon and afternoon programs. In the 

 afternoon a report of the Joint Committee was received. The 

 meeting was also addressed by Dr. Homer D. House, New York 

 State Botanist, who spoke in favor of wild flower conservation. 

 A fuller account of the meeting has been published in the Botanic 

 Garden Rfxord for July, 1924. 



A Brooklyn Botanic Garden Leaflet (Series XH, No. 2), 

 entitled "The Conservation of Beauty," was prepared and 

 widely distributed to aid in this movement. 



Herbarium 



From an administrative point of view it is important to note 

 the statement in the report of the curator of plants (p. 48) that 

 the herbarium collection has now about reached the capacity 

 of the cases. It is only a question of a very short time before 

 it will be necessary to provide a mezannine floor in the herbarium 

 room to accommodate the necessary additional cases. The 

 total increase of specimens in both herbaria during 1924 is 

 approximately 2,500 specimens. 



Library 



Perhaps the most striking item in the appended report of the 

 librarian is the increase in the use of the library. The attendance 



