24 Twenty-third Report on the State Cabinet. 



From C. F. Austin, Closter, IS". J. 

 Five species of Plants, of which two are new to the State. 



From H. Gillman, Detroit, Mich. 

 Specimens of Goody era Menziesii and Fragaria Gillmani, from 

 Michigan. 



From Rev. J. Fowlek, Rechibucto, K. B. 

 Two hundred and eighty-six species of Plants, from New 

 Brunswick. 



From Yerplanck CoLvm, Albany, IST. Y. 

 Peat, with vegetable growth, sometimes taken for Mastodon 

 hair, from Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. 



II. By Collection. 

 Of the Botanist. 

 Four hundred and thirteen species of Plants, of which three 

 hundred and twelve are new to the State, and sixty- seven new 

 to science. 



Y. TO THE ANTIQUARIAN DEPARTMENT. 

 From Hon. Samuel Mitchell, Cameron Mills, N. Y. 

 A Stone Hatchet. 



From Charles L. Meigs, Albany, N. Y. 

 Native Pipe of Brass, from the Island of Borneo. 



From "William "Webb, Albany, N. Y. 

 A Steel Hook five inches long, found by the side of a double 

 spring trap, three feet in length, exposed by the washing of 

 the Kinderhook Creek, at a depth of eleven and a half feet 

 below the surface of the bank. 



From Gilbert A. Sharp, Guilderland, N. Y. 

 A cast-iron Lamp, made 140 j'-ears ago, such as used in the mines 

 of Germany. 



YI. TO THE LIBRARY. 



I. By Donation. 

 From Prof. James Hall. 

 Geological Survey of Canada: Sir W. E. Logan, F. R. S., 

 Director. Figures and Descriptions of Canadian Organic 



