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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  contributed 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   plants 
  is 
  70. 
  This 
  list 
  included 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  sent 
  

   specimens 
  for 
  identification 
  only, 
  if 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  of 
  such 
  

   character 
  and 
  condition 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  desirable 
  additions 
  to 
  

   the 
  herbarium. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  identifications 
  made 
  is 
  1859; 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  those 
  for 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  made, 
  136. 
  

  

  Two 
  species 
  of 
  mushrooms 
  have 
  been 
  tried 
  for 
  their 
  edible 
  

   qualities, 
  and 
  though 
  neither 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  first 
  class 
  in 
  all 
  

   respects, 
  both 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  harmless 
  and 
  palatable 
  and 
  

   have 
  been 
  approved 
  as 
  edible. 
  Colored 
  figures 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  and 
  descriptions 
  have 
  been 
  written. 
  These 
  make 
  

   the 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  mush- 
  

   rooms 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  edible 
  215. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  but 
  attractive 
  looking 
  mushroom 
  was 
  discovered 
  

   growing 
  among 
  decaying 
  pine 
  leaves 
  in 
  Richmond 
  county 
  by 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Ballou. 
  He 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  poisonous. 
  It 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   figured 
  and 
  described 
  as 
  a 
  poisonous 
  fungus. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  seven 
  species 
  of 
  Crataegus 
  or 
  thorn 
  bushes 
  have 
  

   been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium. 
  Of 
  this 
  genus 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  

   218 
  New 
  York 
  species 
  are 
  now 
  recognized. 
  Prof. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Sargent, 
  

   the 
  eminent 
  crataegologist, 
  has 
  kindly 
  prepared 
  a 
  synoptical 
  key 
  

   to 
  our 
  New 
  York 
  species. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  most 
  difficult 
  and 
  intricate 
  

   piece 
  of 
  work 
  which 
  none 
  but 
  an 
  expert 
  in 
  this 
  peculiar 
  branch 
  of 
  

   botany 
  could 
  well 
  do. 
  In 
  this 
  work 
  he 
  has 
  laid 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   foundation 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  these 
  interesting 
  though 
  often 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  nearly 
  worthless 
  and 
  annoying 
  shrubs 
  and 
  trees. 
  He 
  has 
  

   added 
  to 
  this 
  descriptions 
  of 
  25 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  

  

  PLANTS 
  ADDED 
  TO 
  THE 
  HERBARIUM 
  

  

  New 
  to 
  the 
  herbarium 
  

  

  Achillea 
  ptarmica 
  L. 
  

  

  Amanita 
  ovoidea 
  Bull. 
  

  

  Anellaria 
  separata 
  (L. 
  ) 
  Karst. 
  

  

  Aposphaeria 
  fibriseda 
  (C. 
  & 
  E.) 
  

  

  Artemisia 
  carruthii 
  Wood 
  

  

  A. 
  dracunculoides 
  Pursh 
  

  

  A. 
  glauca 
  Poll. 
  

  

  Arthonia 
  quintaria 
  Nyl. 
  

  

  A. 
  radiata 
  (Pers.) 
  Th. 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Betula 
  alba 
  L. 
  

  

  Bolbitius 
  vitellinus 
  (Pers.) 
  Fr. 
  

  

  Boletus 
  retipes 
  B. 
  & 
  C. 
  

  

  Calosphaeria 
  myricae 
  (C. 
  & 
  E.) 
  

  

  E. 
  & 
  E. 
  

   Calvatia 
  rubroflava 
  (Cragin) 
  Morg. 
  

   Chrysothamtius 
  pinifolius 
  Greene 
  

   Clavaria 
  grandis 
  Pk. 
  

   C. 
  vermicularis 
  Scop. 
  

  

  Cladochytrium 
  alismatis 
  Biisgen 
  

   Collema 
  crispum 
  Borr. 
  

   Collybia 
  murina 
  Batsch 
  

   Coronopus 
  procumbens 
  Gilibert 
  

   Crataegus 
  gracilis 
  5*. 
  

   C. 
  harryi 
  S. 
  

  

  