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difficulties in fitting them into a fixed number of pages 
Prevent. We could still use a good deal more money; 
we still live in desire, rather than any immediate hope, 
for the time when, either through endowment, or a 
latge increase in the Society’s membership, we shall 
have funds enough to print extra pages and extra illus- 
trations whenever the matter for them is forthcoming. 
R. C. BENEDICT, 
E. J. Wrinstow, 
C. A. WEATHERBY, 
Edit 
Report of the Curator for 1917 
Several valuable accessions have been made to the 
Society Herbarium during the past year. The names 
of the donors and the number of sheets contributed 
by each is as follows: 
pewy Cathart.2) 20 a ee 254 
: Gra¥ee. ii eee 17 
RA Whee... oa ee 45 
wm Cotte. oe ee 16 
H lgelew. 5 24 
U. 8. National Museum. cc... ee 219 
1 | ENR ER Rr Oy oS 575 
Mr. Carhart’s collection was composed mostly of 
ne from New Jersey. About half of this col- 
ction was nicely mounted—a fact that was greatly 
“PPreciated by the curator. Mr. Graves’ collection 
8 from specimens collected in Alabama; Mr. Wheeler 8 
“igs Vermont; and Miss Corne’s from various localities 
7 New England. Mr. Bigelow’s set was made up : 
i the 's hybrids from the Society’s distribution O - 
. le Same. They were all mounted. ea 
‘ N The 219 sheets recerved in exchange from the U. # 
a Museum were mostly of tropical species an 
