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The last week in August was spent in the Adirondacks, 
where I obtained over 300 species of fungi for the her- 
barium, besides making both a qualitative and a quantita- 
tive survey of the region about Upper St. Regis Lake. 
An increasing number of fungi from all parts of North 
America are being sent in for determination and, in this 
way, the Garden receives many new and critical species. 
A total of go new species, 5 new genera, and r new tribe 
has been published by me during the year. 
Work on the local fungous flora is still in progress, and 
Miss Eaton has prepared under my direction 77 additional 
plates of fleshy fungi for the museum. The popular 
illustrated articles on fungi in Mycologia have been con- 
tinued with the aid of colored plates, 26 species having 
been treated in this series during the year. 
Respectfully submitted, 
W. A. Murritt, 
Assistant Director. 
REPORT OF THE HEAD GARDENER 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Drrectror-1n-Cuier. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as 
Head Gardener for the year 1915. 
Systematic Plantations 
Hersaceous Grounps. The collections here are con- 
tained in 130 beds, 26 east of the brook and 104 west. 
The old bed for the trillium family was canceled, a new 
and larger one being prepared in another place. ‘There are 
in the herbaceous collections about 3,055 species and 
varieties. In addition to these, 42 species not represented 
here have been cultivated in the American wood garden. 
557 individual show labels have been added. 
Mr. K. R. Boynton, Head Gardener’s Assistant, has 
had charge of the details of the curatorial work here and 
in the other herbaceous collections. 
Fruticetum. There are in this collection 2,781 specimens, 
