(326 ) 
Herbaria 
The specimens that were received for these collections 
came chiefly from North America, both insular and con- 
tinental. Some material was derived from South America 
and some from the Old World. From the aggregate of 
specimens received during the year and previously, about 
45,000 specimens were selected for incorporation in the 
permanent collections. About 16,000 sheets of mounting 
paper were used, and several hundred specimens, mostly 
fruits and seeds, and other parts of plants, were placed in 
cardboard boxes. 
The great majority of the specimens mounted during the 
year were from the West Indies, the United States, and 
Canada. The selections being made from collections 
bearing more directly on the several lines of work being 
carried on by members of the Garden staff. 
All exsiccatae received were prepared and distributed in 
their proper places. Thus the specimens were available 
for use at once. 
The fungous collections were increased by valuable 
specimens from several of the States, particularly Cali- 
fornia, New Mexico, and Florida, and from Porto Rico, the 
Isle of Pines, and Surinam. The algal collections were 
augmented by specimens from North Carolina, the West 
Indies, particularly Bermuda, and from Australia. The 
bryophytic collections were cweeueed by miscellaneous 
specimens from nearly all parts of the globe, and more 
particularly by collections from Cuba and from southern 
Florida. Type specimens and numerous critical specimens 
of groups bearing directly on the work now being carried 
on were added in several groups. The fern collection 
received many miscellaneous additions. Also collections 
from the West Indies and valuable specimens, particularly 
Mexican, from the herbarium of Prince Roland Bonaparte. 
The more noteworthy specimens incorporated in flowering 
plant collections were cacti from North America and South 
America and general and special series of plants from Can- 
