New York State Museum Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter November 27, 191S, at the Post Office at Albany, New York, 

 under the a:t of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided 

 for in section 1103, act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 19, 1918 



Published monthly by The University of the State of New York 



Nos. 233-234 .,, ^^ ^ ,, May- June 1920 



The University of the State Uf itew York 

 New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST FOR 1919 



Scientific investigations. The investigative work of the State 

 Botanist during the season of 1919 has been greatly handicapped by 

 the lack of office assistance. Field work in connection with the 

 study of the vegetation and fungi consisted of a few days spent in 

 southern Herkimer county, the region east of Oneida lake, Lake 

 Bonaparte and in Bergen swamp, Genesee county. About two weeks 

 were spent during August along the Fulton Chain of lakes in the 

 Adirondack region. 



In spite of various obstacles a considerable amount of valuable 

 field work was completed and a large number of fungi, ferns and 

 flowering plants were collected, most of which will be incorporated 

 into the herbarium as a permanent record of their distribution. The 

 ferns and flowering plants of peculiar interest are reported under 

 " Local Flora Notes," and the fungi under " Notes on Fungi." 

 A large number of fungi, both of current collections and also from 

 the herbarium have been studied in collaboration with Prof. John 

 Dearness and reported under " New and Interesting Species of 

 Fungi," 



The species of fungi belonging to the genus Inocybe as represented 

 in the state herbarium, have been carefully studied by Dr C. H. 

 Kauffman, and the results are ofifered here in a paper entitled " The 

 Species of Inocybe in Peck's Collections." 



Catalog of the ferns and flowering plants of New York. The 

 earliest catalog of the plants of the State of New York was pub- 

 lished in 1814 by Jacob Green. This was closely followed in 18 [9 

 by John Torrey's catalog of the plants growing within 30 miles of 

 New York City. Torrey's catalog of the plants of the Stale 

 appeared in 1840, and his two Aolume flora in 1843. These were 

 followed by revised lists of the plants of the Stale in 1849 and 1866. 



