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[Annual Meeting. 
Botany. 
The Curator, in his last report, devoted a paragraph to summa- 
rizing the benefits, which have accrued to the Society from the 
generosity of Mr. John Cummings, during the preceding thirteen 
years in connection with this and other departments. The same 
policy has been continued by Mr. Cummings during the past year, 
and the Society is now under additional obligations to this gentle- 
man for his generous support of this and helpfulness in other de- 
partments of the Museum. 
During the past year the endogens have been nearly finished by 
Miss Carter, and have been found to consist of 4,265 specimens, 
representing 29 orders, 442 genera and 2,099 species. The Bouve 
collection of woods t fruits, etc., in the western gallery, has been 
numbered and catalogued. 
The New England herbarium has been enriched with fine speci- 
mens from Mr. F. S. Collins and Mr. Edward Faxon. Some prog- 
ress has been made in the poisoning of the specimens in the 
herbarium. 
The Curator is pleased to be able to note the significant fact that 
a greater demand has been made on the time of the assistant in 
showing specimens and assisting students than in any previous year. 
The Sprague collection of lichens has proved to be an additional 
attraction to our herbarium. 
The following accessions have been made during the year : 
Prof. Johann Muller of Geneva, 85 specimens of lichens. 
Baron Ferd. von Muller of Melbourne, Australia, 264 speci- 
mens of dried plants. 
Mr. Frank S. Collins, 70 specimens for New England collection. 
Mr. Edward Faxon,- 8 specimens for New England collection. 
All of the above have been mounted and properly distributed. 
Thanks are due Prof. N. L. Britton, of Columbia College, for the 
determination of a number of Cyperacese. 
Comparative Anatomy. 
About a dozen specimens and preparations have been procured 
and added to this collection by Mr. Samuel Henshaw. 
A fine skeleton of a kangaroo, a species of Macropus, has been 
obtained through the kindness of Dr. Thomas Dwight and has 
been cleaned and wired ready for mounting by Mr. Henshaw. 
