‘108 _ BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JANUARY 
for a number of years were in a very chaotic state. When they were 
moved to the Agricultural Hall, some order began to come out of this 
chaos, and further improvement was introduced when an assistant 
(S. H. Burnwam) was appointed. The present State Botanist, Dr. 
H. D. Hovss, still has but one assistant. Nevertheless, the collections 
are being arranged in a more orderly manner; many of the types have 
been marked, and all are more accessible to students. For the care of 
this very valuable collection, and for the continuance and upbuilding of 
the botanical interests of the State Museum, New York should be more 
generous than it has been thus far. 
Dr. PEcK was a life member of the Botanical Society of America, a 
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 
member of the American Forestry Association, of the Albany Institute 
of Arts and Science, of the National Geographic Society, of the Torrey 
Botanical Club, and an honorary member of the New England Botanical 
Club. 
The state and mycological science owe Dr. Peck a fund of gratitude 
for what he has accomplished in spite of the many difficulties and dis- 
couragements under which he labored. This recognition of his labors 
has been partly made by a testimonial to him, in the shape of a collection 
of colored models of some of the more important large fungi, which is 
displayed in the main museum room on the fifth floor of the Education 
Building.—Geo. F. ATKrinson, Cornell University. 
