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Mr. John McCallum, Sr., has continued to collect for us dur- 
ing the year living plants of the local flora, and during the fall the 
Commissioner of Parks of Brooklyn has generously given us 
over 150 loads of leaves, for the making of leaf-mould. We 
have also to thank the arboriculturist of Prospect Park, Mr. 
J. J. Levison, for several specimens of diseased tree trunks and 
branches, for use as illustrative material in public lectures. 
Reference has already been made (p. 36) to the gift of one 
thousand herbarium specimens by Dr. Olive 
The gift of Mr. P. F. Schofield of several books and peri- 
odicals for our library is acknowledged in the report of the 
secretary and librarian (p. 69), and also the very generous gift 
of one thousand dollars by Mr. Alfred T’. White, for the pur- 
chase of books. The books purchased with this latter gift were 
sorely needed, and have greatly facilitated our work in many 
ways. 
Grateful acknowledgment is also here made of the following 
gifts: From Mr. Henry Hicks, 19 trees on May 23, and 1 
Liquidambar stryaciflua, on September 11; from Mrs. Clayton 
A. Peters, several plants on May 16; from Miss Marie A. du 
Puget, living plants of Pixidanthera barbulata on May 23; from 
Miss FE. M. Kittredge, 68 living plants, representing 34 species, 
varieties and hybrids of Viola, on June 4; from Mr. W. A. 
White, one copy of Catesby’s Hortus Britanno-Americanus. 
The Garden especially appreciates the gift of a life size 
bronze bas relief of Dr. John Torrey, and of the annual assay 
medal, struck by the mint of the United States, at Philadelphia, 
in Dr. Torrey’s honor, in 1874, the year following his death. 
The medal, mounted in a case of leather and velvet, is accom- 
panied by the letter of transmissal from James Pollock, super- 
intendent of the mint, to Miss Margaret Torrey, Dr. Torrey’s 
daughter. The Garden is indebted for these valued mementoes 
to Dr. Torrey’s son, Mr. Herbert Gray Torrey, and his wife. 
Accompanying Papers 
The annual reports of the curator of plants, the curator of 
public instruction, and the secretary and librarian, and a finan- 
