54 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees is going through the 

 press and should appear early in 1906. 



Collections. Large and exceedingly valuable additions have 

 been made to the State collection during the past season. The total 

 is about 15,000 pinned specimens besides a great amount of very 

 desirable biologic material. Messrs Needham and Betten secured 

 a large number of valuable specimens at Old Forge, and their work 

 was admirably supplemented by Assistant Entomologist Young, who 

 spent a month collecting in the Adirondacks, specializing in the 

 Hymenoptera and Diptera. Collections have been further enriched 

 by Mr Young's donating some 3000 Coleoptera, many of them rare 

 and a considerable proportion new to the State collection. The 

 general condition of the collection has been much improved during 

 the year. Mr Young has devoted a large share of his time to 

 classifying the Hymenoptera and Diptera, while assistant Nixon 

 has given most of his attention to the Coleoptera. 



Office work. The general work of the office has been conducted 

 about as in preceding years, aside from somewhat serious interrup- 

 tions due to the protracted sickness of Assistant I. L. Nixon and 

 a shorter illness of Assistant Entomologist D. B. Young. Con- 

 tinued and gratifying interest in our work is indicated by the cor- 

 respondence. 2035 letters, 784 postals, 490 circulars and 1109 pack- 

 ages were sent through the mails, and 439 packages were shipped 

 by express. 



Nursery certificates. Indorsing of nursery certificates issued 

 by the State Commissioner of Agriculture has been continued as 

 formerly whenever the same was requested, which has been the 

 uniform practice of the Virginia authorities for several years. The 

 following is a list of firms to whom these nursery certificates were 

 issued in the summer and fall of 1905 : Nelson Bogue, Batavia ; 

 George W. Whitney & Co., Bryart Bros., George A. Sweet, Morey 

 & Son, Stark Bros., Rogers Nurseries and Sheerins Wholesale 

 Nurseries, all of Dansville ; T. S. Hubbard & Co., George S. Josselyn, 

 Wheeler & Clark, L. Roesch, Foster & Griffith and T. E. Schifferli, 

 all of Fredonia ; W. & T. Smith, R. G. Chase Co. and Sears, Henry 

 & Co., all- of Geneva ; E. A. Barnes, Middle Hope ; Mrs L. S. 

 Peterson, Montrose ; Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark ; Eugene Wil- 

 lett. North Collins; M. F. Tiger, Patchogue; Stark Bros., Port- 

 land; Chase Bros. Co., Irving Rouse, Hawk Nursery Co., T. W. 

 Bowman & Son Nursery Co., -Perry Nursery Co., Ellwanger & 

 Barry, Western N. Y. Nursery Co. and Brown Bros. Co., all of 

 Rochester; Lake View Nursery Co., Sheridan. 



