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APPENDIX 9 



AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC 



GARDEN AND THE AMERICAN FERN SOCIETY 



CONCERNING THE DEPOSITION OF THE 



HERBARIUM OF THE FERN SOCIETY 



AT THE BOTANIC GARDEN 



Whereas, the American Fern Society desires the better safe- 

 guarding and handling of its collection of specimens and wishes 

 to make the contents of its herbarium more readily accessible to all 

 students of ferns; and 



Whereas, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has. for several years, 

 included studies in ferns among its research projects, by the ap- 

 pointment of Dr. Ralph C. Benedict as Resident Investigator, and 

 otherwise ; and 



Whereas, Dr. Benedict is an Fditor of the American Fern Jour- 

 nal, Dr. Svenson is Treasurer of the American Fern Society, and 

 Miss Rusk is Librarian of the Society's Library, it is mutually 

 agreed as follows : 



1. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will provide in its Laboratory 

 Building, without charge to the American Fern Society, accommo- 

 dations for all specimens in the Society's herbarium, which have 

 accumulated to date, also for specimens which may be added to the 

 herbarium in the future. Should it be necessary to limit the size 

 of the herbarium, such limitation should be arranged by mutual 

 agreement of both contracting parties. 



2. The Society's herbarium is to be administered as a reference 

 collection under the same regulations that govern the herbarium ot 

 the Botanic Garden and shall be freely accessible to the Society's 

 members, to the staff of the Botanic Garden, and to the general 

 public, in harmony with such regulations as may be in force or 

 adopted from time to time by the Botanic Garden authorities, con- 

 cerning hours and days of opening and closing the Laboratory 

 Building of the Garden, and access thereto and to its various rooms. 



3. (a) The specimens belonging to the Society's herbarium will 

 not be available for use outside the Laboratory Building except by 

 loan to some other herbarium, scientific institution, or school, or 

 to members of the Fern Society. 



