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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Forty-first 
  Report 
  an 
  index 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  rnexi- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  reports 
  twenty-two 
  to 
  thirty-eight 
  inclusive, 
  was 
  pubHshed. 
  

   A 
  similar 
  index 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  ten 
  succeeding 
  reports, 
  

   thirty-nine 
  to 
  forty-eight, 
  and 
  is 
  herein 
  included. 
  It 
  is 
  marked 
  F. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  my 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  qualities 
  of 
  

   our 
  more 
  promising 
  species 
  of 
  mushrooms, 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  

   have 
  been 
  tried 
  and 
  of 
  these, 
  eight 
  species 
  additional 
  to 
  those 
  already 
  

   reported 
  seem 
  to 
  me 
  worthy 
  of 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hst 
  of 
  edible 
  ones. 
  

   But 
  the 
  room 
  now 
  occupied 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  me 
  is 
  poorly 
  lighted 
  and 
  not 
  

   a 
  very 
  suitable 
  place 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  do 
  work 
  requiring 
  a 
  good 
  light. 
  It 
  

   has, 
  therefore, 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  best 
  to 
  omit 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  the 
  attempt 
  

   to 
  make 
  proper 
  illustrations 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  to 
  report 
  on 
  them, 
  hoping 
  

   that 
  soon 
  better 
  facilities 
  for 
  such 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  available. 
  

  

  By 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer, 
  the 
  room 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  occupied 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Hall 
  as 
  an 
  office 
  for 
  the 
  Botanist 
  and 
  

   a 
  place 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  Herbarium 
  was 
  vacated 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  the 
  

   Herbarium 
  cases, 
  containing 
  the 
  mounted 
  specimens 
  and 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  duplicates, 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  fourth 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Capitol 
  and 
  

   placed 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  corridors 
  near 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Ento- 
  

   mologist. 
  

  

  The 
  remaining 
  duplicates, 
  the 
  specimens 
  unsuitable 
  for 
  mounting, 
  

   that 
  had 
  been 
  arranged 
  in 
  trays 
  and 
  kept 
  in 
  table 
  cases, 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  fungi 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  our 
  State 
  

   at 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition 
  and 
  the 
  models 
  of 
  fungi 
  

   donated 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Herbarium 
  by 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Department 
  at 
  

   Washington, 
  were 
  packed 
  in 
  boxes 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  storage 
  on 
  the 
  

   fifth 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Capitol. 
  

  

  Desk 
  room 
  and 
  space 
  for 
  a 
  table 
  was 
  given 
  me 
  for 
  temporary 
  occu- 
  

   pancy 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist. 
  By 
  this 
  ar- 
  

   rangement 
  iny 
  work 
  is 
  necessarily 
  hindered 
  and 
  the 
  proper 
  care 
  of 
  

  

  