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desirable and their condition was satisfactory, they have been pre- 

 served and credited to the sender as a contribution. The number 

 of those who have sent specimens for identification is 90, the 

 number of identifications made is 623. 



Names of species added to our flora, with notes concerning 

 their habitats, localities and time of collection of the specimens, 

 with descriptions of new species are contained in a part of the 

 report marked C. 



Eemarks and observations on species previously reported, new 

 stations of rare plants, unusual habits and descriptions of new 

 varieties may be found in a part of the report marked D. 



Specimens of many species of fleshy, corky and coriaceous fungi 

 are specially subject to the attacks of destructive insects. In 

 order to attain greater security against these attacks a series of 

 such specimens representing about 500 species has been placed 

 in small pasteboard boxes with close fitting covers. These boxes 

 are in different sizes that they may be suitable for the reception 

 of specimens of species of different sizes. The dimensions of the 

 boxes vary in such a way that they present a certain degree of 

 uniformity when arranged in proper order on the shelves of wall 

 cases. They are 3x4, 4x6 or 6x8 inches in width and length and 

 1^ or 2^ inches deep. The alphabetic arrangement of the genera 

 represented by their contents has been adopted to facilitate refer- 

 ence to them. 



The investigation of our mushroom flora has been continued, 

 but the crop of wild mushrooms has been unusually deficient 

 and the additions to the herbarium correspondingly small. Still, 

 a few species have been tested for their edible qualities and found 

 to be worthy of addition to the list of New York edible species. 

 Colored figures of these have been prepared and plain descriptions 

 of them may be found in a part of the report marked E. 



In my last report the general deficiency of the mushroom crop 

 and the almost total absence of the common mushroom, 

 Aga. ricus c a m p o s t e r, were recorded and the peculiar 

 character of the season was assigned as the probable cause. The 

 season of 1903 has been similar to that of 1902 in its abundance 



