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Iris Plantations 



riidLT Dr. Jvccd's supervision sc\-er<'il l)C(ls in tlic Iris Section 

 were replanted with varieties of Tall I'earded Iris during- the ])ast 

 season. Many of these beds had l)een idle for one or more years, 

 the old ])lantings havin^- l)een taken nj), ])artlv because of their 

 crowded condition and partly because of prevalent diseases, 'j'he 

 newly set plants started off in vii;-orous i;rowth and there is every 

 indication of abundant bloom during" the comin"' season. 



A ,<4"()0(1 many varieties of Tall ])ear(led Iris were recei\'ed in 

 exchani^e, mainly for .Sil)erian and Japanese varieties. Mr. T.. F. 

 Hoyt, I'^.ast Aurora, N. Y., sent us 4 varieties; Mrs. Thomas 

 Nesmith, Lowell, Mass., supplied us with iS varieties, inchuhng 

 2 of her own seedlings; and Col. J. C. Nicholls, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 sent us 6 varieties. 



\\ c have also added to our collection of the Po,!^"oc\-clus Iris and 

 related forms. The former are particularly interesting- because of 

 their hybrid character. Col. J. C. Nicholls sent us 3 varieties; 

 .Mr. h\ X. Schreiner. St. Paul, .Minn., sent us \2 varieties; and 

 Mr. llowai'd A\'eed, ]3eaverton. Ore., sui)])lied us ^\•ilh 1 1 v.arieties 

 ot the l'oi;()Cyclns group. .'■■ 



In addition to the above, several species and varieties belonging 

 to the ( )ncocyc]us and bulbous groups of Irises were obtained 

 from C. (]. Van Tubergen I>td. of Haarlem, llolland, and Fr. 

 \'ester t\: Co. of Palestine. 



Phanerogamic Herbarium 



Among collections received were the following: 170 specimens, 

 mostly ferns from I\Iiss F. M. Kittredge, Vermont; nearly 2.000 

 Long Island plants and 1,000 lirazilian jilants collected by ^Fr. 

 Norman Taylor; 243 specimens from Alaska, collected by Mrs. 

 Ynes Mexia. i^resented by Mrs. Adrian \'an Sinderen. who met 

 Mrs. Mexia while traveling in .Alaska; 300 sjjecimens from \V. A. 

 Schipp in P)ritish Honduras; 226 from the Cniversity of Cluj, 

 Ivotunania, and 250 arctic plants from (iermanv. No mounting 

 has been done as the herbarium cases are nearlv hlled. 



