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representation of a similar character, first of the products 
of the United States territory, and later of other countries. 
Respectfully submitted, 
H. H. Russy, 
Honorary Curator of the Economic Collections. 
REPORT OF THE HONORARY CURATOR OF MOSSES 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Director-1n-CHIeErF. 
Sir: During the past year, 1,458 accessions to the her- 
barium of mosses have been made. Several large collections 
from the Philippines, Hawaii, and Brazil have been received 
from the United States National Museum. Our own 
collections in Porto Rico and those of our correspondents 
in Cuba and Jamaica continue to prove valuable additions. 
Miss Borkland has been mounting the remnant of the exotic 
mosses from the Mitten herbarium. No attempt has yet 
been made to distribute the duplicates, but 505 duplicate 
West Indian specimens of hepatics and lichens have been 
sent to Dr. Riddle and Dr. Evans for naming and 279 
named mosses to other institutions. A descriptive list of 
the mosses of Bermuda, with illustrations by Miss Eaton, 
has been prepared and studies of the genus Fissidens have 
been continued. 
In preparation for the next two parts of Volume 15 of North 
American Flora, Mr. Williams also has been studying the 
Calymperaceae and Pottiaceae and Dr. A. LeRoy Andrews, 
of Cornell University, has been assisting us with several 
troublesome genera. Mr. Williams has devoted consider- 
able time to naming the South American collections made 
by Dr. and Mrs. Rose and the ed and Hawaiian 
mosses collected by Mr. J. B. Leiber 
uring March and April, 525 ne notices, and sched- 
ules were sent to the principals of the public schools of 
Greater New York, notifying them of the Stokes’ prize 
arbor-day competition for the protection of our native plants. 
Thirty framed pictures, each containing reproductions in 
color of eight native wild flowers, were awarded and three 
