﻿REPORT. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York: 
  

  

  The 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  as 
  trustees 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  

   of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  this 
  their 
  

  

  TWENTY-FIRST 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  detailed 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  1867, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  additions 
  secured 
  

   by 
  purchase 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  the 
  Regents 
  respectfully 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  

   accompanying 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Curator, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  list 
  of 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  prepared 
  by 
  him, 
  marked 
  (A) 
  and 
  (B) 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  

   report. 
  

  

  The 
  Curator 
  has 
  also 
  communicated 
  a 
  paper 
  entitled 
  "Notes 
  

   and 
  Observations 
  upon 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  Mastodon/ 
  7 
  which 
  was 
  stated 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  report 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  preparation. 
  

  

  The 
  Botany 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  constituted 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   original 
  "Geological 
  Survey." 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  indigenous 
  plants 
  

   was 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist 
  of 
  the 
  Survey, 
  Dr. 
  

   Torrey, 
  and 
  constituted 
  the 
  "State 
  Herbarium." 
  It 
  was 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  the 
  Eighteenth 
  Report 
  that 
  this 
  Herbarium 
  had 
  been 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  cases 
  more 
  convenient 
  for 
  reference, 
  examination, 
  and 
  

   preservation 
  than 
  the 
  portfolios 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  originally 
  placed 
  

   The 
  work 
  of 
  perfecting 
  this 
  collection 
  and 
  putting 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  

   condition 
  has 
  been 
  entrusted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  an 
  enthusi- 
  

   astic 
  and 
  accomplished 
  botanist 
  of 
  this 
  city. 
  The 
  Regents 
  earnest- 
  

  

  