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American Fern Society Library on the Garden shelves during the 
past year. ‘This event, most happy for the Fern Society, is to be 
signalized by a publication of a special supplement of the Fern 
Journal, which will include a statement of the formal Agreement 
between the Botanic Garden and the Fern Society, together with 
lists of the titles of the fern books, both of the Fern Society and 
of the Botanic Garden, with a statement of conditions under which 
these may be borrowed. 
Conservation of Native Plants 
The amendments to the State Conservation Law, relating to 
native plants, first proposed by the Syracuse Botanical Club in 
1920, were again introduced at the behest of the same organization, 
and this time successfully carried through both legislative houses 
and finally signed by Governor Roosevelt, becoming active on 
April 10, 1930. To help spread the message of conservation, and 
the particulars of this specific law, a Leaflet article, “‘ The Plant 
Wards of New York State,” was prepared and published in June. 
This includes a statement of the new law, together with two sig- 
nificant pictures: one showing East Green Lake (near Syracuse) 
in its earlier condition; the second, published by the courtesy of 
the Syracuse Post-Stancard, in its present state, as a refuse dump 
— 
for waste rock. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ALPH C. BENEDICT, 
Resident Investigator. 
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I. Tax Budget Accounts 
1360 Personal Service: 
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Transferred from Miscellaneous New 
York City 3070 for Adjustment of 
Personal Service and Expenses in the 
Various Public Libraries and other 
Institutions (10 months) ........... 
$ 78,120.00 
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4,116.67 $ 82,236.67 
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