8] 
Special [Horticultural Groups. Two lectures in a course con- 
sisting of six lectures, by various members of the staff. 
Plants in the Home: How to grow them. Five talks with demon- 
strations. 
PERSONAL ACTIVITIES 
I served on the Advisory Council for the course in Ornamental 
Horticulture given at the State Institute of Applied Agriculture, 
Farmingdale, Long Island. 
I acted as a judge on March 15 at the International Flower 
Show for the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, and 
for the Garden Club of America; on September 13 at the Flower 
Show of the Consolidated Edison Company; and on September 21 
for the Great Neck Garden Club. 
I served on the Board of Directors of the American Rock 
Garden Society. 
I am serving on the Lily Committee of the American Horti- 
cultural Society. 
Respectfully submitted, 
MONTAGUE FREE, 
Horticulturist and Head Gardener. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE HERBARIUM 
FOR 1937 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: Due to my absence in Europe during the summer months, 
the amount of material collected for the herbarium, and conse- 
quently for exchange with other institutions, was less than usual. 
The insertion of material into the herbarium has proceeded at the 
usual rate, but due to an infestation of insects, to which herbarium 
collections seem to have been especially prone during the past 
year, much time has been spent in treating specimens with 
mercury bichloride and in fumigating them with carbon bisul- 
phide. The extent to which material has been received from 
other institutions and from individuals may be seen by consulting 
the statistics following my report. 
