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Tussilago was reported in blossom April 4 ; Hepatica April 15 ; 

 Saxifraga virginiensis Michx. and Anemonella thalidroides Spach. 

 April 18 ; and Clayionia April 21, 



Buttercups, Dandelions, and Sweet Clover were reported in blos- 

 som on December 23. 



A blossom of Lobelia cardinalis L. of pure pink color, growing 

 with hundreds of others of the normal type, was reported from Gates, 

 in this county. 



The following new plants were reported during the year : 



Trillium cernuurn L. (Monroe County); Silene dichotoma Ehrh. ; 

 Setaria verticillata Beauv.; Agrimonia parviflora Solander; Lychnis 

 vespertitia Sibth.; Physalis philadelphica Lam.; Ruviex altissiimis 

 Wood ; Setaria verticillata Beauv. 



New stations were reported for the following rare or infrequent 

 plants : 



Salsola kali L. \-ar. tragus Moq. ; Solaman carolinense L. ; Pyrus 



arhitifolia L. f . ; Salix lucida Muhl. var. ; Myrica cerifera L. ; 



Pterospera andro7neda Nutt. 



Report of the Curator in Botany. 



The Curator in Botany, Mr. J. B. Fuller, reported as follows 

 for the year ending Dec. 30, 1899 : The only contribution received 

 since my last report consists of six specimens of rare species from the 

 Botanical Department of the Ohio State University, 



Of the plants collected by the members of the Botanical Section 

 only 232 have been preserved. 



During the year 782 specimens have been mounted, making the 

 total number of mounted specimens in the herbarium 6420. 



Mr. M. S. Baxter has classified and arranged the collection of 

 Ferns which Mr. C. W. Seelye presented to the Academy, and finds 

 that there are over 1500, representing 53 genera, 472 species, and 94 

 varieties. 



Our herbarium now contains about 15,000 specimens, embracing 

 914 genera, 2772 species, and 173 varieties. The discrepancy between 

 these figures and those given in previous reports is accounted for by 

 the fact that Mr. Seelye' s collection of Ferns contains over 1500 

 specimens, instead of 900, as was estimated by the donor. 



