Education Department Bulletin 
Published fortnightly by the University of the State of New York 
Entered as second-class matter June 24, 1908, at the Post Office at Albany, N. Y., under 
the act of July 16, 1894 
No. 450 ALBANY, N. Y. JULY I, I909 
New York State Museum 
JoHN M. CLARKE, Director 
CHARLES H. Peck, State Botantst 
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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1908 
Dr John M. Clarke, Director of the State Museum: 
The following report of work done in the botanical department 
of the State Museum for the year 1908 is respectfully submitted. 
Since the date of my last report specimens of plants for the 
State herbarium have been collected in the counties of Albany, 
Dutchess, Erie, Niagara, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga and 
Steuben. Specimens have been received from correspondents and 
others that were collected in the counties of Albany, Chenango, 
Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie, Franklin, Kings, Monroe, 
Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orleans, Otsego, Rensselaer, Rich- 
mond, Rockland, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster, 
Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyoming. 
The number of species of plants of which specimens have been 
added to the herbarium is 152. Of these, 88 were not before 
represented therein. A list of the added species is given under the 
eae) sopecies added to the herbarium:”. The nuniber of 
those who have contributed specimens of plants, either as direct 
contributions or as specimens sent or brought to the office of the 
State Botanist for identification or other information, is 74. In 
the latter case the names of those persons only are included whose 
<pecimens were in such condition or of such value as to make them 
worthy of preservation. A list of the contributors and their re- 
spective contributions is given under the heading “ Contributors 
and their contributions.” 
The number of species which have not before been reported 
and which may be considered as additions to our State flora is 63. 
