UnlYersity ol the State of New York Bulletin 



Entered as second-class matter August 2, 1913, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under the 



act of August 12, 1912 



Published fortnightly 



No. 605 ALBANY, N. Y. December 15, 1915 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director - '^V*^ 



Museum Bulletin 179 ( ^^^ " VUm 

 REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANiw^'f9Y4!^- 



John M. Clarke 



Director, Science Department 



Sir : 



I beg to communicate herewith my report on the work of the 

 State Botanist for the fiscal year 1914. 



Very respectfully 



Homer D. House 



Acting State Botanist 



Noteworthy contributions. The most important addition to the 

 State herbarium during the past year is the gift by Professor 

 Charles S. Sheldon of Oswego, of his entire herbarium, numbering 

 over 15,000 specimens. Professor Sheldon's collection contains 

 specimens from every state of the union as well as from Mexico, 

 Canada and several European countries. The New York State 

 collections, made chiefly by Professor Sheldon between the years 

 1877 ^^'^^ i895» alone number 1020 specimens. A more detailed 

 account of this collection will be found in another place. 



Mr Simon Davis of Brookline, Mass., presented the herbarium 

 with a collection of 60 species of fungi native of the eastern United 

 States. A large number of interesting flowering plants and fungi 

 have also been received from Dr W. Haydon of Marshfield, Ore. 



Scientific investigations. The limited amount of time available 

 for field work was spent chiefly in a reconnaissance of the vegeta- 

 tion and its ecological relations, about the eastern end of Oneida 

 lake, a region of extensive sandy barrens, swamps and bogs, in 

 addition to the interesting vegetation of the shores and shallow 



