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Scientific Directors for report. At a meeting of the 
Managers held June 17, Dr. Rusby, Chairman of the 
Scientific Directors, submitted a report upon the cultiva- 
tion of drug and dye plants, which was published in the 
August issue of Garden Journal,* and reprinted for further 
distribution. ‘There has since been a considerable demand 
for this pamphlet, notices and reviews of which have ap- 
peared in many newspapers, and requests for copies of it 
are still received. In order to further bring the subject to 
attention, several members and friends of the Garden 
have established plantations of drug plants on their 
estates, and there is no doubt that the subject has attracted 
wide attention and consideration. 
Museums and Herbarium 
The museum and herbarium collections have been cared 
for by the same curatorial staff as during the previous year, 
Dr. F. W. Pennell taking the position of Associate Curator 
made vacant by the death of Dr. Charles Budd Robinson 
the year before. Considerable rearrangement of specimens 
has been made and additions have been incorporated for 
the better illustration of many groups. Funds have not 
been available for the construction of additional cases, 
which are still much needed, many specimens being held 
in the storage room. The principal additions made were 
obtained by our own exploration work and by exchanges 
with other institutions. A noteworthy gift of specimens 
of hepaticae by Miss Caroline Coventry Haynesf enriches 
our collection of these plants. Income from the Maria 
DeWitt Jesup Fund, available toward the end of the year, 
made possible the purchase of two important collections. 
The report of the Head Curator of the Museums and 
Herbarium hereto appended gives details of accessions to 
the collections and of work upon them, and additional 
data will be found in the reports of the Honorary Curator 
* See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 16: 155-172. 
} See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 16: 226. 
