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Resolved: That by the death of Mr. Morgan the New York 
Botanical Garden has lost a valued — whose aid and advice 
were of great ana to the institutio 
Resolved: That the Managers deeply ee their loss and 
direct that ais preamble and resolutions be entered on the 
minutes of the Board and that a copy be sent to his bereaved 
family. 
Memorial and resolutions adopted by the Board of Managers 
April 24, 1913. 
N. L. Britton, 
Secretary. 
THE LANTERN-SLIDE COLLECTION 
The collection of lantern-slides of the Garden has rapidly 
increased during the past few years, largely due to the continua- 
tion of the Saturday afternoon public lectures during the summer 
months, for which many additional slides have been provided. 
To facilitate the work of preparing a lecture, slides are 
numbered in the order in which they are added to the collection 
and installed ae in ae eae cases oa grooved 
shelves bearing the numbers of every fifth or tenth slide. 
collection has been divided into colored ce non-colored slides, 
each with a nd a separate alphabetic 
subject card pe te This, however, could be arranged to 
better advantage by having a single index, with colored cards 
or cards with colored margins to es the colored slides, 
which are stored in light-proof cabin 
The basis of the colored slide a is the well-known 
photographic work of the late Cornelius Van Brunt, who w: 
for several years Honorary Floral Photographer. This eet 
is regarded as a memorial of Mr. Van Brunt. Many of these 
slides represent single specimens of wild flowers or large colonies 
of plants found in the vicinity of New York City; others illustrate 
the scenery and plants of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, while 
still others are studies of cultivated plants. 
The coloring of these slides by Mrs. Van Brunt is exceptionally 
