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with the New York Botanical Garden, held exhibitions of 
plants and flowers in the museum building on May 11 and 
12, May 25 and 26, June 8 and g, June 29 and 30, August 31 
and September 1 and 2, and September 28 and 29. Accounts 
of these exhibitions were published in the Journat for June 
and November. 
Personal Investigations 
The chief scientific work accomplished by me during the 
year was the preparation and publication of a series of articles 
on the gill-fungi and polypores of the Pacific coast, based 
largely upon my own collections made in that region in the 
autumn of 1911. Of the 170 species thus far treated in 
these articles, 77 are new to science. 
Work has been continued on the higher fungous flora of 
tropical North America, two papers having been published 
on the gill-fungi and one on the polypores, making a total 
of 106 tropical species treated during the year, 49 of which 
proved to be new. 
The fungi of the northeastern United States were studied, 
particularly those in the vicinity of Lake Placid in the Adiron- 
dacks, where a large collection was obtained during late 
summer and autumn, with many valuable notes from fresh 
specimens, which will be used in monographic work for 
Nortu AMERICAN FLoRA. 
Attention was devoted to the local fungi chiefly for the 
purpose of adding to the collection of colored drawings 
made by Miss Eaton for the swinging frames. Nearly two 
hundred of these are now completed, with the labels printed, 
and the work of mounting them in the museum is in progress. 
The series of popular articles on fleshy fungi, accompanied 
by colored plates, which has been a feature of Mycotocia 
since its inauguration, has been successfully continued during 
the year, about thirty species having been described and 
figured in their natural colors. 
Respectfully submitted, 
W. A. Murrett, 
Assistant Director. 
