8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
waters. This study, it is hoped, will be brought to a close during 
the season of 1915. Observations were also made upon the vegeta- 
tion of several of the sphagnum bogs of central New York. It is 
highly desirable that these observations be brought together in a 
formal way at some future time. New localities for certain rare 
species are reported under “ Notes on Local Floras ” and ‘‘ New or 
Interesting Species of Fungi.” 
Exchanges. It has been found desirable to distribute as ex- 
changes many of the duplicate fungi and flowering plants of the 
herbarium, thus enriching our collections and making available 
much valuable space heretofore occupied by the stored material. 
Exchanges have been effected with Mr G. Newodowski of Kiev, 
Russia, from whom the herbarium has received a valuable collection 
of fungi, chiefly parasitic leaf forms, native of eastern Europe and 
the Russian Caucasus. From Brother Victorin, of Longueuil, 
Quebec, has been received in exchange a large collection of flower- 
ing plants representing the flora of our northern border. 
Condition of the collections. Further progress has been made 
in the arrangement of the herbarium and with minor exceptions the 
collections are now in permanent form. Although there is on hand 
considerable material stored away in more or less inaccessible 
bundles, nevertheless practically all the valuable material has now 
been labeled and placed in proper sequence in the herbarium and 
thus made available for study. This has resulted in a great increase 
in the value of the herbarium for purposes of scientific research and 
is correspondingly appreciable to the numerous botanists who have 
had occasion to consult the collections during the past year. 
Additions to the herbarium. The number of specimens of 
New York State species which have been added to the herbarium 
from current collections during the past year is 675, from con- 
tributions 336, from the Sheldon herbarium 1020; a total of 2031 
specimens. Of the total number of specimens received, 112 were 
new to the herbarium and 19 species are described as new to 
science. The extralimital specimens of the Sheldon herbarium 
number 13,382. 
The number of those who have contributed specimens is 33. This 
includes those who have sent specimens merely for identification 
and which were desirable additions to the herbarium. 
Identifications. The number of identifications made of speci- 
‘mens sent or brought to the office by inquirers is 556. The number 
of persons for whom these identifications were made was I5I. 
