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Cryptogamic Herbarium 



Dr. Reed reports that the following s])ecimens were added to 

 the fungus collection of the Cryptogamic llerbarium during the 

 ])ast year : 



329 specimens by purchase 

 213 " " exchange 



2.705 " " gift 



In tiu-n, we sent to corres])ondents iSo si)ecimens. 



Mr. Charles C. IJanmer, Fishers Island, N. Y., gave us his 

 collection of 2,705 specimens. The collection included a large 

 number of species of Agarics and related higher forms of fungi. 

 I\Ir. Hanmer has been a collector of this group of fungi for many 

 years, the majority of his specimens having been secured in Con- 

 necticut. Alany, however, were obtained through exchange with 

 corres])ondents. His material arrived in excellent condition and 

 is available for students of the higher fungi. 



Conservatories 



J.oau of Phuil. — Cn September 17, ]\Tr. Edward C. A. Olson, 

 of Brookdyn, brought to the Botanic Garden for temporary exhibit 

 in our conservatories, a beautiful flowering specimen of Hac- 

 iiianthus alhiflos, a South African plant of the Amaryllis Family. 

 Subsequently, Mr. Olson presented two smaller specimens of this 

 si)ecies as a gift to the Garden. 



Cliocolafc Tree in lUooui. — During October, the chocolate tree 

 (TJicohrovia cacao), a native of tropical America, was in full 

 bloom in the Economic Flouse, and many classes from the ]:)ublic 

 schools came to see it. As is well known, this plant bears its 

 flowers on the old wood, including the branches, larger limbs, 

 and the trunk, where the flowers extend down nearly to the 

 ground. This is contrary to the method of most ])lants which bear 

 their flowers at the tips or along the sides of the new growth of 

 the given year. 



Trausparcuctes. — A number of illustrations were selected to 

 make enlarged trans])arencies of economic ])lants. Three large 

 drawings were nearly completed by iMiss Maud H. Purely to 



