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tation of the State, and with citation of localities for the rarer species, 

 affords a work which will prove of value to the students of plant life. 



Cooperative investigations have been carried on with Prof. John 

 Dearness of London, Canada, on certain parasitic and saprophytic 

 forms of fungi; and with Dr H. H. Bartlett, director of the botanic 

 gardens, University of Michigan, on the native species of evening 

 primrose, belonging to the genus Oenothera. The genus Oenothera 

 is classic in the study of mutation, and our native species have yielded 

 most interesting material in this connection. Seeds, gathered by 

 the State Botanist and by correspondents in many widely separated 

 localities, were grown by Doctor Bartlett. The scientific papers 

 representing the cooperative work with Doctor Bartlett and with 

 Professor Dearness will be presented with the regular botanist's 

 report to be submitted later. 



Noteworthy contributions. The chief additions to the state 

 herbarium during the past year in the form of contributions and 

 exchange, are presented in the following list of contributors, which 

 also indicates the number of specimens received from each. 



The most important contribution was the herbarium of the late 

 F. E. Fenno, of Earlville, donated by Mrs Fenno. Mr Fenno 

 had for many years, in addition to his duties as a teacher, been 

 interested in botany, and has contributed much of value to our 

 knowledge of the plant life of the State. In State Museum Bulletin 

 67 (1903) he published an account of the " Plants of the Susquehanna 

 Valley and Adjacent Hills of Tioga County." Supplementary 

 accounts to this work appear in Museum Bulletins 75 and 217-218. 



Mrs F. E. Fenno, Earlville 400 



E. Bartholomew, Stockton, Kan. (exchange) 282 



H. M. Denslow, New York City 62 



Dr Anne E. Perkins, Collins 40 



New York Botanical Garden (exchange) 23 



M. S. Baxter, Rochester 13 



D. M. White, Rochester 10 



W. A. Matthews, Rochester 10 



Mrs O. P. Phelps, Wilton 4 



N. W. Fitch, Albany 3 



Dr F. C. Stewart, Geneva; E. Bethel, Denver, Col.; George M. Pendleton, 

 Sisson, Cal.; Miss G. S. Burlingham, Brooklyn; Dr L. H. Penn- 

 ington, Syracuse; W. M. Beauchamp, Syracuse, each 2 12 



Dr G. P. Clinton, New Haven, Conn.; S. H. Burnham, Hudson Falls; 

 J. A. Crabtree, Montgomery; Charles Gilbert, Honeoye; E. A. 

 Eames, Buffalo; A. B. Brooks, Albany; S. N. Cowles, Otisco; Miss 

 Mabel Martin, Broadalbin; Dr Emmaline Moore, Albany; Miss 

 Charlotte Bogardus, Coxsackie; and Dr George M. Reed, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, each 1 11 



Total 870 



