lO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



this part of the country are very plentiful." The giant puffball 

 usually grows in open places and but one or twO' in a place, but 

 in New Lebanon, Columbia county, there is a station shaded by 

 young deciduous trees where I saw about a dozen specimens grow- 

 ing in close proximity to each other. 



Mr S. H. Burnham, my assistant, has continued the clerical 

 work of the office, doing all the typewriting of labels, letters and 

 reports, attending to the correspondence of the office during my 

 absence on collecting trips, preparing, disinfecting, labeling and 

 arranging the specimens in their proper places, and aiding in the 

 identification of specimens. He has also aided in the investigation 

 of the pine rust that has been proving injurious to young planta- 

 tions of white pine. 



Respectfully submitted 



Charles H. Peck 



State Botanist 



Albany, December 28, igio 



