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Personal Activities 



In the spring I was asked by Air. Robert Moses, of the New 

 York State Association, to go to Montauk and recommend 

 whatever part of the Point seemed to be most suitable for a 

 proposed State Park, In the appropriation proceedings of mid- 

 summer, the land, with some slight modifications, which I had 

 indicated on the maps and in my report to Mr. Moses, was 

 taken by the State for the Montauk Park. I have also served 

 in an advisory capacity' to Mr. Moses regarding other State 

 Park projects on Long Island. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Norman Taylor, 

 Cnraior of Plants and Plantations. 



REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANTS FOR 1924 

 Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director. 



Sir: I submit herewith ni}- report for the year 1924. 



Collections 



Among plants of special interest added to the collections of 

 living plants last year may be mentioned the Holly Osmanthus 

 (0. Aquifolium), Japanese Daphne {D. Genkwa),Yenuss flytrap 

 (Dionaea -mnscipula), and the Pelican Flower {Aristolochia 

 grandiflora) . 



In accordance w^ith the plan to complete an inventory of the 

 conservatories every three years (i. Special groups, 2. Dicoty- 

 ledons except Cacti, 3. Monocotyledons), an inventory taken 

 showed the following number of genera and species in the special 

 groups : 



Fern Allies: Selaginella 8 species; Equisetum i species. 



Fern families other than Polypodiaceae : 8 genera, each with 



I species. 

 Ferns, Polypodiaceae: 30 genera, no species. 

 Cycads: 8 genera, 12 species. We lack only one of the nine 



genera, namel}', Stangeria, from vSouth Africa. 



