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The Systematic Museum, comprising four distinct 
elements, (a) The Synoptic Collection, (6) The Local 
Flora, (c) The Microscope Exhibit, and (d) The Plant 
Picture Exhibit, was either added to in parts or partly 
renovated. 
Herbaria 
The more important additions to these collections were 
specimens representing the floras of continental and insular 
North America and northern South America. In addition 
to miscellaneous specimens and odd collections, special 
sets of fungi were received from the West Indies and several 
parts of the United States, lichens from Yukon, Montana, 
and the West Indies, hepatics comprising part of the former 
herbarium of M. A. Howe, mosses from the Philippine 
Islands, the West Indies, and various parts of the United 
States, and especially noteworthy very valuable collections 
of flowering plants from Colombia and the Philippines 
and neighboring islands. 
Collections of less importance were received from other 
regions such as Argentina and Africa. 
A considerable number of specimens, particularly of the 
rarer and more interesting species of the region of Greater 
New York were brought together and added to the local 
flora herbarium. In this connection the material aid in 
collecting, aside from members of the Garden Staff, may 
be mentioned Mr. W. E. Ferguson. The geographical 
origin of all the accessions is given in detail in the several 
numbers of the Journal. 
Individual specimens and small collections received for 
the Columbia University herbarium were mounted and 
incorporated in that series. 
In all, about 13,793 herbarium sheets containing fully 
29,000 specimens of flowering and flowerless plants were 
added to the permanent collection. In addition to these 
several hundred specimens too bulky to be mounted on 
herbarium sheets were placed in cardboard boxes and 
incorporated in the several series where they belonged. 
