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vived through the unusually mild winter of 1931-32 with only a 
covering of leaves, and produced a number of flowers during the 
summer. 
In the wooded area, devoted mainly to spring-flowering species, 
the display of Trilliums (chiefly 7. grandiflorwm and T. erectum), 
violets, spring beauty, hepatica, and buttercups (Ranunculus his- 
pida and Rk. septentrionalis) was satisfactory, and the amount of 
material of these species has been greatly increased. 
We are still in need of an area of limestone rock for the growth 
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king-fern and other calciphile species. Such an area could 
have been built last year for a little over five hundred dollars. It 
is probable that the cost at present would be somewhat lower than 
this figure, 
PHANEROGAMIC HERBARIUM 
In addition to the routine identification of specimens sent by 
garden members and others, I have identified the material collected 
by Mr. C. P. Freeman, of Nashville, in the Cedar Glades of Middle 
‘Tennessee. A set of these plants, about 400 numbers, has been 
given to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. During the summer va- 
cation | made progress on a survey of the plants in the Windham 
Valley of the Catskill Mountains. Herbarium specimens have 
been collected from this area and also from Long Island. 
The herbarium is still in a state of turnover. During the year 
there have been added 7423 sheets of specimens, of which 1500 
represent material which has been remounted. A large part of this 
material, in addition to some of the 11,900 sheets mounted last year, 
still remains to be permanently filed. But our collections are rapidly 
approaching a completed stage, at least so far as filing is concerned, 
and we expect that by the end of 1933 all of the specimens in the 
phanerogamic herbarium will be readily accessible. A count of the 
Pteridophytes shows 6042 sheets, which does not include about 700 
awaiting distribution. We have been fortunate in having a con- 
tinuation of the assistance of nine workers from the [Emergency 
Work Bureau. We are still impeded in herbarium work by the 
ancient and heterogeneous filing covers which we have inherited 
from various sources. Statistics from the herbarium will be found 
appended to this report. 
