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waters. This study, it is hoped, will be brought to a close during 

 the season of 191 5. Observations were also made upon the vegeta- 

 tion of several of the sphagnum bogs of central New York. It is 

 highly desirable that these observations be brought together in a 

 formal way at some future time. New localities for certain rare 

 species are reported under " Notes on Local Floras " and '' New or 

 Interesting Species of Fungi." 



Exchanges. It has been found desirable to distribute as ex- 

 changes many of the duplicate fungi and flowering plants of the 

 herbarium, thus enriching our collections and making available 

 much valuable space heretofore occupied by the stored material. 

 Exchanges have been effected with Mr G. Newodowski of Kiev, 

 Russia, from whom the herbarium has received a valuable collection 

 of fungi, chiefly parasitic leaf forms, native of eastern Europe and 

 the Russian Caucasus. From Brother Victorin, of Longueuil, 

 Quebec, has been received in exchange a large collection of flower- 

 ing plants representing the flora of our northern border. 



Condition of the collections. Further progress has been made 

 in the arrangement of the herbarium and with minor exceptions the 

 collections are now in permanent form. Although there is on hand 

 considerable . material stored away in more or less inaccessible 

 bundles, nevertheless practically all the valuable material has now 

 been labeled and placed in proper sequence in the herbarium and 

 thus made available for study. This has resulted in a great increase 

 in the value of the herbarium for purposes of scientific research and 

 is correspondingly appreciable to the numerous botanists who have 

 had occasion ito consult the collections during the past year. 



Additions to the herbarium. The number of specimens of 

 New York State species which have been added to the herbarium 

 from current collections during the past year is 675, from con- 

 tributions 336, from the Sheldon herbarium 1020; a total of 2031 

 specimens. Of the total number of specimens 'received, 112 were 

 new to the herbarium and 19 species are described as new to 

 science. The extralimital specimens of the Sheldon herbarium 

 number 13,382. 



The number of those who have contributed specimens is 33. This 

 includes those who have sent specimens merely for identification 

 and which were desirable additions to the herbarium. 



Identifications. The number of identifications made of speci-' 

 mens sent or brought to the office by inquirers is 556. The number 

 of persons for whom these identifications were made was 151. 



