JEC 1 = 1913 
University of the State of New York Bulletin 
Entered as second-class matter August 2, 1913 at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., 
under the act of August 24, 1912 
Published fortnightly 
No. 550 ALBANY, N:Y-. SEPTEMBER I, 1913 
New York State Museum LIAR 
Joun M. Crarxe, Director BOTANK 
CuHartes H. PeEcxK, State Botanist GARDEN 
Museum Bulletin 167 
REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1912 
Dr John M. Clarke, Director of the State Museum: 
I have the honor of submitting the following report of work 
done in the botanical section of the State Museum since the date 
of my last report. 
The collections of the season of 1911 have been mounted on 
herbarium sheets or placed in pasteboard boxes suitable for 
their reception and arranged in their proper places in the her- 
barium. Additional specimens of plants either native or natural- 
ized have been collected in the counties of Albany, Essex, 
Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, Steuben and Sullivan. 
' Specimens have been contributed that were collected in the 
counties of Albany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Clinton, Colum- 
bia, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Monroe, New York, Oneida, 
Ontario, Onondaga, Orleans, Oswego, Rensselaer, Richmond, 
Schoharie, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren and Washington. - 
Correspondents have contributed extralimital specimens that 
were collected in Canada, California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Cuba, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
Utah and Vermont. 
The number of species of which specimens have been added 
to the herbarium is 278, of which 72 were not before represented 
therein. Of these, 11 are considered new or hitherto undescribed 
species. 
A list of the names of the added species is marked “ Plants 
added to the herbarium.” These are divided into two groups 
