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REPORT OF CUSTODIAN OF HEPATIC DEPARTMENT. 
Since assuming charge of the Herbarium two hundred and thirty-two 
specimens have been added which bring the total number of specimens to 
one thousand, nine hundred and seven. Gifts to the Herbarium have num- 
bered during the year to more than three hundred specimens. 
One hundred and sixty duplicates have been distributed and there are 
many more to be given to those interested enough to make their wants 
known to the Custodian, or better still, are willing to exchange specimens 
from their own locality for the Herbarium material. Even the more common 
hepatics could be used to advantage in making up sets for the beginners. 
Good fruiting specimens are always in demand, and can often be collected 
in quanity if the members would keep the need of the Herbarium in mind. 
We should make the Herbarium more fully represent the Hepatic flora of the 
country. 
It is a pleasure to make especial mention of the gifts received from Mr. 
A. S. Foster of the State of Washington, Mr. D. L. Dutton of Vermont, Prof. 
John L. Sheldon of West Virginia, and E. Jishiba of Sendai, Japan, all of 
whom have sent large nunbers of specimens. 
Miss Helen E. Greenwood, Mr. H. Dautun, Prof. Krout, Mr. C. C. King- 
man, Miss Wheeler. Prof. Collins, and Prof. W. H. Chamberlain have sent 
contributions during the year; Miss Caroline Coventry Haynes has given the 
two decades of the third issue of her American Hepaticae, Nos. 40 to 60, which 
have been placed in the Herbarium. She wishes me to state that through 
the generosity of Dr. V. F. Brotherus, Dr. Hagen and Mr. Rapp, offerings 
are being distributed by her as fast as possible. The November offering was 
eagerly taken up, fully thirty-one sets being sent out which is fully ten above 
the average. The subsequent issues will be equally interesting. Mrs. 
Josephine D. Lowe contributed during the year a specimen new to North 
America, of Microlejeiinea ulicina (Tayl.) Evans, collected by her in Nova 
Scotia. 
The Custodian has in preparation for the Herbarium, a set of forty 
specimens from Superior, Duluth, Lake Superior district. Mr. E. Jishiba of 
Sendai, Japan, has sent to the Herbarinm an interesting collection of twen- 
ty-three species from Japan which is in the process of determination. 
While relinquishing the care of the Herbarium, for the time being, Miss 
Haynes continues to give most generously of her time and knowledge to 
the determination of difficult species; indeed, the kind help and encourage- 
ment of Miss Haynes and Dr. Evans to me has been equal to any discour- 
agement that has arisen and I thank all the members who have used this 
department, for any courtesy they have shown at delays and mistakes inci 
dent to a change of custodians. George H. Conklin, 
Superior, Wis. 
