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The library of the New York Academy of Sciences, very rich in 
general scientific serials, is one floor above the herbarium. 
The university collection contains almost complete files of 
nearly every serial ever published on botany, besides general 
works and special works. The cryptogamic portion is especially 
full on ferns, mosses, hepatics, lichens, and fungi. 
Greenhouses and garden—A_ greenhouse at Morningside, 
with some facilities for supplying living plants and space for 
simple physiological research. On future facilities, see below. 
Collections —(a) The herbarium contains about 600,000 
specimens, being one of the largest in America; additions are 
at present made to it at the rate of about 20,000 specimens a 
year. It comprises: (1) The collections accumulated by Dr. 
Torrey, which came into the possession of the university at his 
death in 1873. (2) The collections of Professor C. F. Meisner, 
of Basle, Switzerland, presented to the university about the 
time of Dr. Torrey’s death, by Mr. John J. Crooke. (3) The 
collections of Dr. A. W. Chapman, of Apalachicola, Florida, 
presented by Mr. Crooke at the same time, containing the types 
illustrating Dr. Chapman’s “Flora of the Southern United 
States.” (4) The mosses of the late C. F. Austin. (5) The 
mosses of the late Dr. J. G. Jaeger, recently acquired. (6) The 
fungi of J. B. Ellis, about 75,000 specimens, recently acquired 
for the New York Botanical Garden; in addition there are about 
25,000 specimens of fungi in the general collections. (7) Mis- 
cellaneous accumulations since Dr. Torrey’s death, now mak- 
ing up more than one-third of the whole collection. The 
herbarium is rich in types of species described by Dr. Torrey, 
Professor Meisner, Dr. Chapman, Dr. Asa Gray, Mr. ites . 
Professor Britton, and Dr. Morong. The various coll e 
are now all arranged in a single series, but each sheet is iden- j 
tified by a designative label or stamp. There are also ¢ xtensive s 
collections of fruits, seeds, woods, and | ma eri _ illustrating 
economic botany, placed i in canes. and drawers. : 
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