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New Yorx BotanicaL GARDEN 
Caroline and Olivia Phelps-Stokes Fund 
or the 
Preservation of Native Plants 
I promise, 
To protect our native plants, 
Not to destroy rare wild-flowers and ferns, 
Not to injure any shrub or tree, and 
Not to set fire to the fields or woods. 
Extra sets of dhe ee pictures for framing and the 
posters have been distributed; the surplus copies of my 
schedule for the Arbor Day compositions were sent to the 
Boston Society for the Protection of Our Native Plants, 
and an article for the second edition of Bailey’s Ency- 
clopedia of Horticulture was prepared for publication. 
Respectfully submitted, 
EvizaBetu G. Britton, 
Honorary Curator of Mosses. 
REPORT OF THE HONORARY CURATOR OF THE COLLECTION OF 
FOSSIL PLANTS 
Dr. N. L. Brirron, DrrectTor-1n-CHIEF. 
Sir: I have the honor to report as follows upon the 
activities in connection with the paleobotanical work at 
the Garden during the year 1916. 
The cataloguing of type and figured specimens in the 
collections was completed and a list, arranged alphabetic- 
ally by genera, together with a bibliography, was prepared 
by Mr. E. W. Humphreys, who acted as volunteer assistant 
from time to time during the year. 
Work on the fossil flora of Alaska, in connection with the 
U. S. Geological Survey, was prosecuted during the months 
of April and May at Washington, D. C., and at the Garden 
whenever time was available. 
About seventy specimens were added to the collections, 
