123 
Mrs. Matilda W. Bruce......... 100.00 
W. Bayard ce saneGen even. eases 220.45 
A. G. Agnew..... 2... cee, 10.00 
C. Temple ‘emunet itupdubdaetnedes 10.00 $3,668.45 
For THE PurcHASE OF PLants, CREDITED TO THE 
CONSERVATORY Funp. 
Samuel N. Hoyt.... .......... $200.00 
Ww Osborn... .......... 10.00 
Samuel Sloan........0........ 100.00 
Paul N. Spofford.... 2.2.2.0... 3.00 
Tiffany & Co.... «2 ee 250.00 
C. T. Cook ape a cp tet core 25.00 
Fritz Acheélisoccics vee beet es 98.55 $686.55 
$10,070.00 
By means of the contributions made for the purchase of speci- 
mens for the museums and herbarium, the following noteworthy 
additions were made to the collections 
. The herbarium of fumgi foamed 7 Professor F. S. Earle 
oe he was appointed an Assistant Curator at the Garden. 
2. The unique fern herbarium accumulated by the late Mr. 
Jenman in the West Indies and northern South America. 
3. The extensive collections brought eas by Mr. R. S. 
Williams in the on Territory and in Monta 
4. An eens collection of fossil plants a the Dakota 
group of Kansas, collected by Mr. Chas. H. Sternberg. 
5. The herbarium of alge formed by Col. Nicolas Pike. 
6. Numerous smaller series of specimens purchased from vari- 
ous collectors. 
e expenditure of the money applied to the purchase of books 
has resulted in the addition to the library of 1,123 volumes, many 
f them rare and expensive works, which our ordinary income 
would not have permitted us to secure. 
By the aid of subscriptions used in exploration, ape tae t col- 
lections of living plants, seeds, and museum and herbarium speci- 
mens have been obtained as follows : 
