79 
was only 2.36 inches, Maximum temperatures of 54 on the 2d 
and 5th, 62 on the 12th, 64 on the 13th and 17th, 61 on the 
26th, 64 on the 27th, 71 on the 28th, 79 on the 29th and 30th 
were obse 
Minima es 34 on the 6th, 28 on the 13th, and 37 on the hess 
h 
during the entire month, and this exposure occurred on 
morning of the 
Work o hes contract awarded by the Commissioner of Parks 
rivewa e sou 
menced May tst. This contract also includes the sauce os = 
lower basin of the large statuary fountain, planned to occupy the 
space immediately in front of the central portico, the construction 
of an ornamental garden fountain at the southern end of the ap- 
proach, and of a drinking fountain pppoe tas ae oun or 
the driveway ; also the building of a set of 
the garden fountain and the drinking fountain ; also the setting of 
some ornamental terra cotta on the tops of the side pavilions of 
the Museum Building, all from designs by Mr. R. W. Gibson, 
the architect, as approved by the Board of Managers and by the 
Commissioner of Parks 
ACCESSIONS. 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM. 
7 mosses from Mexico. CSeet by Professor L. M. Underwood. ) 
51 lichens from northern New York. v 
$4 mosses from the White ners N. H. (Give n by Professor LM. 
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26 Museum and herbarium specimens from Bermuda. (Given by Mrs. N. L. 
Britton. 
museum specimens of Culcitium from Peru. (Given by Mr, Albert L. de 
ae eppe.) 
19 specimens of “vanilla beans’’ and vanilla plants. (Given by Messrs. Dodge 
and Olcott. } 
12 museum specimens of Jamaica fruits, collected by Mr. Henshaw, 
