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A. A. Heller, containing many of his type specimens, chiefly from 

 the western States and especially rich in Lupinus. There arc 

 also collections from Suksdorf, Sandberg, Bolander, llall & 

 Harbour, NTevius, Howell, and others. From the eastern States 

 are the large New Jersey collections of Henry Dautun and C. F. 

 .Austin, the herbarium of E. L. Morris (primarily from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia), and the miscellaneous collections of Stephen 

 Calverley. There is a large representation of the Hong Island 

 flora including the herbarium of E. S. Miller and selected speci- 

 mens from William C. Ferguson, in addition, the herbarium con- 

 tains several collections of very old specimens presumably from 

 the Brooklyn Lyceum of Natural History, apparently the herba- 

 rium of William Cooper, and earl}- collections of Torrey, Leaven- 

 worth, Croom, and Gates. 



The Cryptogamic Herbarium contains a large collection of ferns. 

 mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae. It also contains the myco- 

 logical collection consisting of approximately 79,000 specimens of 

 fungi and mvxomvcetes, including the mycological collection of Dr. 

 Franz Bubak, of Prague, for mail}- years director of the Tabor 

 Botanical Garden. This collection, of 33,779 specimens, includes 

 type specimens of more than 500 species new to science, described 

 by Dr. Bubak. 



Other exsiccati represented in the Garden herbarium are those 

 of E. Bartholomew; Ellis & Hverhart; Jaczewski, Komarow and 

 Tranzschel; W. A. Kellerman; Raciborski; Seymour & Earle; C. 

 L. Shear; H. & P. Sydow; David Griffiths; and others. 



These herbaria may be consulted daily (except Sundays and 

 holidays) from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 m. 

 Specimens may be submitted for identification. 



CONSERVATORIES 



The Garden conservatories contain a collection of tender and 

 tropical plants. Of special interest for teachers of nature study 

 and geography are the following useful plants from the tropics 

 and subtropics : 



Palms: Hate palm, coconut palm, sago palm, oil palm. 

 Citrus Fruits: Grapefruit, orange, lemon, lime, kumquat. 



