Phanerogamic Herbarium 



Anions the collections acquired last year were 500 specimens, 

 mostly from the Northeastern United States from Mrs. L. 

 hlohzoff; about 300 specimens of European plants from Air. 

 Winfred Roelker; 31 si)ecimens of the New Hebrides, Polynesia, 

 from the Whitney South Sea Expedition, 50 specimens of ferns 

 from the Smithsonian Institution, and ^j specimens of Australian 

 plants [mm the N'ational Herbarium, Melbourne. 



During the summer, with the assistance of Miss Dodd, 10 sets 

 of about 100 specimens each were collected from the Northeastern 

 C 'at skills ; these will be ready for exchange purposes early in 1928. 



The collections in the herbarium workroom are greatly in need 



International Seed Exchange Communication 



the desirability of an international List of Genera, its duration, ii" 

 established, and suggestions as to the names of ten institutions to 

 advise as to a possible preliminary list. The replies will be pub- 



lished 



Labels and Signs 



Labels and signs were made by Mr. John McCallum as follow 



Steel labels for the herbaceous beds 51 



I ami!> labels for the beds 12 



A -m\ lab. I i'ui wood) pi on 13,, 



Lead labels for conservatory plants 42 



Small wood labels 159 



Large wood labels mi hnrtieuhund i'urms 



Wooden signs 35 



Cardboard signs 2 oj 



Also numerous miscellaneous numbers and signs. 



Lectures and Class Work 



During March I gave three lectures on "The Histc 

 Botany." During .May and June 1 conducted two outdoor c 

 on " Spring Flowers and Ferns," in all sixteen periods. 



