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Mrs. Britton continued her voluntary oversight of the moss 
collection, directing the mounting of the Mitten herbarium, 
and naming the West Indian collections made by herself and 
others. She has also been giving critical study to several 
genera for the North American Flora. 
Professor L. M. Underwood, chairman of the Scientific 
Directors, until his death on November 16, continued to de- 
vote the time he spent at the Garden to the study and devel- 
opment of the collection of ferns and fern-allies. 
Dr. C. B. Robinson, Assistant Curator, was occupied 
mainly with work on the flowering plants of the Philippine 
Islands and with the compilation of a bibliography and the 
synonymy of the North American species and genera of Mal- 
pighiaceae. He spent five weeks exploring on the northern 
shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Dr. Robinson continued 
as an associate editor of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical 
Club, compiling the «‘Index to Recent Literature,” helped 
with the museum work and demonstrated at the nature-study 
work carried on by the Garden in céoperation with the public 
schools of the city. 
Dr. J. A. Shafer, Museum Custodian, had general care of 
the museum building and its contents. During parts of Jan- 
uary and February he carried on exploration on the islands 
of Montserrat and Antigua, West Indies, while throughout the 
year he continued his studies on North American trees. 
The writer, in addition to curatorial duties, revised and 
completed manuscripts of monographs of the families Gerani- 
aceae, Oxalidaceae and Linaceae, all of which were pub- 
lished in part 1 of volume 25 of the North American Flora. 
Monographic studies on several other families are being car- 
ried to completion for publication in the same work. I have 
also continued my studies on the flora of the southeastern 
United States, more especially that of Florida. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. K. Smaxu, 
Head Curator of the Museums and Herbarium. 
