New York State Education Department 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke Director 

 Charles H. Peck State Botanist 



Bulletin 103 



BOTANY 9 



REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1905 



To John M . Clarke, Director of Science Division: 



I have the honor of submitting to you the following report of 

 work done in the botanical department of the State Museum during 

 the year 1905. 



Specimens of plants for the State herbarium have been collected 

 in the counties of Albany, Allegany, Essex, Livingston, Rensselaer, 

 Saratoga, Steuben, Suffolk, Warren and Wyoming. Specimens 

 have been contributed that were collected in the counties of Albany, 

 Chautauqua, Columbia, Fulton, Herkimer, Monroe, Oneida, Onon- 

 daga, Orleans, Oswego, Queens, Rensselaer, Suffolk, Tompkins, War- 

 ren , Washington , Wayne and Westchester. Specimens have also been 

 contributed or sent for identification that were collected in the states 

 of California, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Mas- 

 sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, 

 North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia; also in the District of 

 Columbia, and in the country of Mexico and the provinces of Al- 

 berta, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Ontario. 



The number of New York species added to the herbarium is 277. 

 Of these, 76 are new to the herbarium. A list of the names of these 

 species may be found under the title "Plants added to the herba- 

 rium." 



The number of contributions received, including specimens sent 

 for identification, when their character and condition was such as to 

 make their preservation desirable, is 63. A list of the names of the 

 contributors and their respective contributions is given under the 

 title "Contributors and their contributions." 



One of the most notable of these contributions consists of a bell 

 jar containing about 6 quarts of dried specimens of an edible 



