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Atlanta, Georgia, which he attended as a delegate from 
the Garden, Dr. Howe spent the first two weeks of the year 
in making collections of Ricciaceae in Georgia and of marine 
algae in Florida, a brief account of which operations have 
been published in the Garden Journal. In connection with 
his studies of the North American Ricciaceae, a collection 
of living plants, embracing twenty or more species, has 
been established in the propagating house. Dr. Howe 
continued his studies in the hepaticae and the algae in 
connection with work on North American Flora. He 
continued to act as an associate editor of the publications 
of the Torrey Botanical Club, and gave three lectures in 
the Garden lecture course. 
Dr. Fred J. Seaver, Curator, has had general oversight 
of the fungous collections, and has published during the 
year several papers which are preliminary to monographs 
for North American Flora, besides delivering two lectures 
in the Garden lecture course. During summer and autumn, 
he devoted some time to the study and collection of the 
local fungi, especially the fleshy discomycetes. The large 
collection of fungi (including lichens) recently obtained 
rom the Underwood Estate has been incorporated into 
the herbarium under Dr. Seaver’s supervision. He 
also continued his studies of local insect pests, and has 
assisted with the editing of Mycologia. 
Mr. Percy Wilson, Associate Curator, devoted consider- 
able time to the determination and distribution of various 
collections of plants received during the year from tropical 
America, especially from the West Indies. He also gave 
much attention to the study and rearrangement of the local 
flora collection of flowering plants. The Saturday after- 
noon public lectures between April and December were 
under his supervision. Mr. Wilson acted as docent threc 
afternoons each week and took charge of all extra visiting 
classes applying for instruction. He also arranged for all 
photographic work and curated the photographic negative 
and lantern-slide collections. 
