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the addition to our flora of at least 25 species of this prolific genus, 

 many of which are to be described as new. Other species are yet 

 represented in the collections but have not yet been identified. 



About 40 species of fungi have been added to our previously 

 known fungous flora. Of these there are several new species, the 

 exact number of which can not be ascertained till they have been 

 more fully examined. The edibility of a few species has been 

 ascertained and descriptions and colored figures of them have 

 been prepared. 



Mr Stewart H. Burnham was employed as temporary assistant 

 during July, August and September. He continued the work 

 begun last year and was engaged in disinfecting, arranging and 

 labeling specimens. He also assisted in conducting the official 

 correspondence and in the identification of specimens of plants 

 sent to the department for the purpose of learning their names, 

 nature, properties or peculiarities. 



One of the notable contributions to the herbarium consists of 

 a glass bell jar containing about 4 quarts of an edible mushroom 

 in the dried state, and of a cabinet about 2 feet wide and 4 feet 

 high, containing oak branches on which are seen specimens of the 

 mushroom in place. This illustrates very neatly the habitat and 

 mode of growth of the mushroom. The contribution was made by 

 the Osaka Mushroom Merchants Association of Osaka, Japan. 



IV 



REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



The State Entomologist reports that the season of 1905 has been 

 marked by several unusual outbreaks of destructive species, notably 

 one by webworms or species of Crambids, in Rensselaer and northern 

 Columbia counties in particular, and that of the army worm in 

 Erie county. Fortunately both were limited in extent and were 

 therefore accompanied by comparatively small losses. Several 

 other common agricultural pests have been abnormally abundant 

 and have inflicted a corresponding amount of injury. 



San Jose scale . The control of this destructive insect is still a 

 problem of considerable importance to the horticulturist. The 

 experiments against this species with various insecticides were 

 continued in 1905 and our recent results confirmed in a very 

 gratifying manner. The lime-sulfur wash is fully as effective as 

 any other material which has been employed against this insect 



