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The  responsibility  for  the  continued  support  of  the  Museum  now 
rests  with  the  University,  and  your  Committee  believe  it  of 
sufficient  importance  to  receive  your  favorable  consideration. 
The  Ware  collection  of  glass  models  above  referred  to,  which  will 
be  completed  on  the  delivery  of  the  grasses  and  sedges,  has  always 
been  one  of  the  most  interesting  exhibits  that  the  University 
Museum  has  had  to  offer,  and  has  attracted  a  large  number  of 
visitors  every  year  to  Cambridge. 
There  is,  besides  the  collection  of  the  economic  products  of 
plants  now  made  readily  and  permanently  accessible  and  capable 
of  much  greater  use  for  teaching  purposes  than  it  has  been  given 
credit  for,  the  Agassiz  collection  of  fossil  plants  and  a  printing 
plant  in  which  the  labels  and  pamphlets  of  the  Department  are 
prepared. 
The  Farlow  collection  of  cryptogams  is  another  important  de¬ 
partment  of  the  Museum,  but  for  the  sake  of  better  accommoda¬ 
tions  it  has  recently  been  transferred  to  the  old  Divinity  School 
Library,  where  it  is  under  the  direction  of  Professor  Roland 
Thaxter,  Emeritus  Professor  of  Cryptogamic  Botany. 
The  Museum  is  not  only  a  valuable  department  in  itself,  but 
if  properly  coordinated  with  the  other  Botanical  Department, 
your  Committee  believe  that  its  value  would  be  materially  en¬ 
hanced. 
Your  Committee  hope  that  the  valuable  and  poorly  paid  ser¬ 
vices  of  Mr.  Bierweiler  may  be  given  some  recognition  by  the 
University,  and  that  in  the  selection  of  a  Curator  the  Corporation 
will  try  to  secure  some  one  who  will  not  only  carry  out  the  general 
policies  which  Professor  Goodale  has  inaugurated,  but  will  further 
be  able  to  increase  the  influence  of  the  Museum  by  bringing  it  into 
closer  relations  with  the  other  Botanical  departments  of  the 
University. 
HOMER  GAGE, 
MARY  LEE  WARE, 
ROBERT  T.  JACKSON, 
WALTER  DEANE, 
J.  L.  GOODALE, 
H.  CLIFFORD  GALLAGHER, 
ROBERT  W.  ATKINS, 
SUSAN  MINNS, 
EDWIN  S.  WEBSTER, 
Committee. 
September  24,  1923. 
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