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The list of your plants may, proJStably, distinguish them as 

 native and naturalized, garden or culture weeds ( i. e. spontaneous 

 only in gardens or ploughed fields) and garden or culture scapes ; 

 and also state the time of flowering and of fruiting. Each speci- 

 men, or set of specimens, should be accompanied by a label, 

 containing your name, addition and residence, and the station or 

 locality of the specimen. If the plant go into the herbarium, the 

 label will go with it. 



With the aid of these local catalogues, and the free assistance 

 of our botanists, the Regents expect to be able to have a full 

 catalogue of the Flora of New- York prepared ; one which will 

 be useful to you, creditable to the State, and acceptable as a 

 contribution to science. 



Every contribution to the Cabinet will be duly mentioned in 

 the Regents' Annual Report of its condition. 



Communications and packages should be addressed to the 

 undersigned. 



By order. 



S. B. WOOLWORTH, 



Secretary of the Regents, 



