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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 to 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 contributions 

 336, from the Sheldon herbarium 1020, a total of 2031 specimens. 

 Of this number, 75 species are new to the herbarium and 4 species 

 are believed to be 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 identifica- 

 tion, which were desirable additions to the herbarium. 



The current collections of the staff were made in the counties of 

 Albany, Fulton, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Rensselaer 

 and Ulster. The specimens contributed are from the counties of 

 Albany, Cayuga, Chemung, Dutchess, Erie, Franklin, Herkimer, 

 Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Put- 

 nam, Rensselaer, Schoharie, St Lawrence, Tompkins, Washington 

 and Wayne (including the New York plants of the Sheldon her- 

 barium). The extralimital specimens contributed were from 

 Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, 

 New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, Wyoming and 

 Vermont ; Ontario, Quebec and Russia, 



Identifications. The number of identifications made of specimens 

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

 persons for whom these identifications were made was 151. 



