University of the State of New York Bulletin 
Entered as second-class matter Auzust 2, 1913, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the 
act of August 12, 1912 
Published fortnightly 
No. 605 ALBANY, N. Y. DECEMBER 15, I9I5 
New York State Museum 
' Joun M. Crarke, Director 
Museum Bulletin 179 
REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1914 
John M. Clarke 
Director, Science Department 
Sir: 
I beg to communicate herewith my report on the work of the 
State Botanist for the fiscal year I914. 
Very respectfully 
Homer D. House 
Acting State Botanist 
Noteworthy contributions. The most important addition to the 
State herbarium during the past year is the gift by Professor 
Charles S. Sheldon of Oswego, of his entire herbarium, numbering 
over 15,000 specimens. Professor Sheldon’s collection contains 
specimens from every state of the union as well as from Mexico, 
Canada and several European countries. The New York State 
collections, made chiefly by Professor Sheldon between the years 
1877 and 1895, alone number 1020 specimens. A more detailed 
account of this collection will be found in another place. 
Mr Simon Davis of Brookline, Mass., presented the herbarium 
with a collection of 60 species of fungi native of the eastern United 
States. A large number of interesting flowering plants and fungi 
have also been received from Dr W. Haydon of Marshfield, Ore. 
Scientific investigations. The limited amount of time available 
for field work was spent chiefly in a reconnaissance of the vegeta- 
tion and its ecological relations, about the eastern end of Oneida 
lake, a region of extensive sandy barrens, swamps and bogs, in 
addition to the interesting vegetation of the shores and shallow 
