Report of the State Botanist. \\ 



Some attention has been given to the collection of specimens 

 designed to add to the popular interest in the contemplated 

 exhibit of representative specimens of the Herbarium at the 

 World's Fair. But no official notice of the assignment of space 

 for such an exhibit has yet been received by me, and I have not 

 thought it proper to devote much time to preparation for this 

 exhibit till such notice shall have been received. Inasmuch as 

 the Herbarium is especially rich in specimens of fungi, I have 

 thought it most appropriate to make an exhibit of these plants, 

 and chiefly of those having an economical importance, either by 

 reason of their useful or their noxious character. 



Respectfully submitted. 



CHAS. H. PECK. 



Albany, December 12, 1892. 



