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desirable and their condition was satisfactory, they have been pre- 
served and credited to the sender as a contribution. The number 
of those who have sent specimens for identification is 90, the 
number of identifications made is 623. 
Names of species added to our flora, with notes concerning 
their habitats, localities and time of collection of the specimens, 
with descriptions of new species are contained in a part of the 
report marked C. : 
Remarks and observations on species previously reported, new 
stations of rare plants, unusual habits and descriptions of new 
varieties may be found in a part of the report marked D. 
Specimens of many species of fleshy, corky and coriaceous fungi 
are specially subject to the attacks of destructive insects. In 
order to attain greater security against these attacks a series of 
such specimens representing about 500 species has been placed 
in small pasteboard boxes with close fitting covers. These boxes 
are in different sizes that they may be suitable for the reception 
of specimens of species of different sizes. The dimensions of the 
boxes vary in such a way that they present a certain degree of 
uniformity when arranged in proper order on the shelves of wall 
cases. They are 3x4, 4x6 or 6x8 inches in width and length and 
14 or 24 inches deep. The alphabetic arrangement of the genera 
represented by their contents has been adopted to facilitate refer- 
ence to them. 
The investigation of our mushroom flora has been continued, 
but the crop of wild mushrooms has been unusually deficient 
and the additions to the herbarium correspondingly small. Still, 
a few species have been tested for their edible qualities and found 
to be worthy of addition to the list of New York edible Species. 
Colored figures of these have been prepared and plain descriptions 
of them may be found in a part of the report marked E. : 
In my last report the general deficiency of the mushroom crop 
and the almost total absence of the common mushroom, 
Agaricus campester, were recorded and the peculiar 
character of the season was assigned as the probable cause. . The 
season of 1903 has been similar to that of 1902 in its abundance 
