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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  desirable 
  and 
  their 
  condition 
  was 
  satisfactory, 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  and 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  sender 
  as 
  a 
  contribution. 
  The 
  number 
  

   of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  sent 
  specimens 
  for 
  identification 
  is 
  90, 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  identifications 
  made 
  is 
  623. 
  

  

  Names 
  of 
  species 
  added 
  to 
  our 
  flora, 
  with 
  notes 
  concerning 
  

   their 
  habitats, 
  localities 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  specimens, 
  

   with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  are 
  contained 
  in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   report 
  marked 
  C. 
  

  

  Remarks 
  and 
  observations 
  on 
  species 
  previously 
  reported, 
  new 
  

   stations 
  of 
  rare 
  plants, 
  unusual 
  habits 
  and 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  

   varieties 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  marked 
  D. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  many 
  species 
  of 
  fleshy, 
  corky 
  and 
  coriaceous 
  fungi 
  

   are 
  specially 
  subject 
  to 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  destructive 
  insects. 
  In 
  

   order 
  to 
  attain 
  greater 
  security 
  against 
  these 
  attacks 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   such 
  specimens 
  representing 
  about 
  500 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  

   in 
  small 
  pasteboard 
  boxes 
  with 
  close 
  fitting 
  covers. 
  These 
  boxes 
  

   are 
  in 
  different 
  sizes 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  

   of 
  specimens 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  different 
  sizes. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  

   boxes 
  vary 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  they 
  present 
  a 
  certain 
  degree 
  of 
  

   uniformity 
  when 
  arranged 
  in 
  proper 
  order 
  on 
  the 
  shelves 
  of 
  wall 
  

   cases. 
  They 
  are 
  3x4, 
  4x6 
  or 
  6x8 
  inches 
  in 
  width 
  and 
  length 
  and 
  

   1J 
  or 
  2J 
  inches 
  deep. 
  The 
  alphabetic 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  

   represented 
  by 
  their 
  contents 
  has 
  been 
  adopted 
  to 
  facilitate 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  The- 
  investigation 
  of 
  our 
  mushroom 
  flora 
  has 
  been 
  continued, 
  

   but 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  wild 
  mushrooms 
  has 
  been 
  unusually 
  deficient 
  

   and 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  correspondingly 
  small. 
  Still, 
  

   a 
  few 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  tested 
  for 
  their 
  edible 
  qualities 
  and 
  found 
  

   to 
  be 
  worthy 
  of 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  edible 
  species. 
  

   Colored 
  figures 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  plain 
  descriptions 
  

   of 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  marked 
  E. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  last 
  report 
  the 
  general 
  deficiency 
  of 
  the 
  mushroom 
  crop 
  

   and 
  the 
  almost 
  total 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  mushroom, 
  

   Agaricus 
  c 
  a 
  m 
  p 
  ester, 
  were 
  recorded 
  and 
  the 
  peculiar 
  

   character 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  assigned 
  as 
  the 
  probable 
  cause. 
  The 
  

   season 
  of 
  1903 
  has 
  been 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  1902 
  in 
  its 
  abundance 
  

  

  