l8o ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [Jan. 9, 



December i6, 1892. Professor Lennon exhibited pressed speci- 

 mens of Trifolium procumbens, just introduced this year in Brockport ; 

 also, Potentilla recta, and a new unnamed Vetch. 



Mr. Dunbar showed pressed specimens of Calamintha glabella, 

 gathered at Niagara Falls, and berries of Smilax rotmidifolia, and 

 various shrubs from foreign countries. 



Mr. Laney reported a new station for RJwdodendron tnaximum, it 

 having been discovered in Penfield, by Mr. James H. Brown. This is 

 justly regarded as a very important discovery, for the station is 

 decidedly north of its usual habitat. A few stations are known near 

 Buffalo, and only about twelve in the entire state. 



December 30, 1892. Mr. Fuller showed pressed specimens of 

 leaves of Rhus juglandifolia and Juglans nigra, noting differences. 



Report of Curator in Botany. 



During the year 1892 there were added to the herbarium of the 

 Academy a small collection of Ferns from the Island of St. Helena, 

 the gift of Lieutenant Commander Franklin Hanford, U. S. N.; a 

 collection of about 2,500 specimens from Mr. Joseph B. Fuller ; and 

 two collections, numbering in all over 500 specimens from Mr. Gilbert 

 Van Ingen of Poughkeepsie. Through the kindness of Dr. Daniel 

 G. Hastings of this city, we have also been recently favored by the 

 gift of a part of the herbarium of the late Dr. Samuel G. Bradley, of 

 West Greece, who was one of the early botanists of this section of 

 country, and who is often quoted as an authority on the flora of this 

 vicinity. This herbarium, though dating back in part to 1843 is in 

 a very good state of preservation, and will not only be very valuable 

 to us for comparison, but will also enable us to add some to the list of 

 our native flora. There are about 250 specimens in this collection. 



There are now in the herbarium, including Dr. Bradley's collec- 

 tion, about 5,000 specimens, over 2,100 of which are regularly 

 mounted and labeled. 



The collections given us have added many species new to the 

 ^herbarium. 



Florence Beckwith, 



Curator in Botany. 



Mr. Gilbert Van Ingen of Yale University, was elected a cor- 

 responding member. 



It was voted that the Secretary be paid a salary of $200. 



