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small, necessitated the rearrangement of the whole flower- 
ing-plant series. 
Specimens from a wide geographic range came to hand, 
and the range of plant-life represented was likewise wide. 
Valuable sets of algae, fungi, hepaticae, musci, pterido- 
phyta, and spermatophyta were added. Particularly valu- 
able sets of plants came from the Philippine Islands and 
neighboring regions and from Canada, the United States, 
and the West Indies. Current exsiccati containing plants 
from nearly all parts of the world and representing all 
different plant-groups were received. 
The accession of the W. R. Gerard herbarium and the 
fungous and moss portions of the Lucien M. Underwood 
herbarium materially enhanced the value of the collections, 
Many specimens were collected or received from other 
collections for the local herbarium, that portion of the 
herbarium containing the plants growing naturally within 
a radius of one hundred miles of New York City. The 
local herbarium of flowering plants was renovated, re- 
arranged, and completely written up. Much work, also, 
was accomplished on the collections of the lower groups of 
plants. 
Two valuable sets of published illustrations were added 
to the herbarium: (1) nearly 500 printed plates and draw- 
ings from the Flora of Brazil, received as an exchange from 
the Berlin Botanic Garden and (2) about 175 printed plates 
representing the sapodilla family, received as an exchange 
from the Natural History Museum, Paris. 
Selections from the specimens received during the year 
and from those previously received were mounted and 
made available for use. About 30,750 sheets of mounting 
paper were used and thus fully 46,000 specimens were 
incorporated in the permanent collections. In addition to 
these, several thousand bulky specimens, such as most of 
the fungi, fruits, seeds, and other parts of plants not suitable 
for pressing or for mounting with pressed specimens, were 
filed away in cardboard boxes. 
