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their final arrangement, if the extra rooms had been fitted with the 
cases referred to in the Conservator’s report to the Section which is 
appended as part of this document. The cost of mounting speci¬ 
mens has been defrayed by the Academy. 
Our late lamented fellow member, John H. Redfield, knowing 
that the time must surely come when the Herbarium and its work 
would retrograde without the services of a salaried Curator, left his 
herbarium and library to the Section to be sold for the nucleus of a 
fund, the interest of which should go to the care and increase of the 
collection of plants. These have been disposed of, the Herbarium 
being secured for $1,700 by the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the 
books sold at auction. The fund will be known as the Redfield Me¬ 
morial Herbarium Fund. The investment now made will yield a 
small income next year, which will help in the purchase of new col¬ 
lections. No attempt has been made the past year to add to the 
fund, as it was not thought wise to interfere with the applications of 
the Academy for aid in other directions. 
The Section is free from debt, and has a small balance in its 
treasury. 
The officers for the ensuing year are : 
Directory .... 
Vice-Director, . 
Conservator and Treasurer, 
Recorder, 
Corresponding Secretary, 
Thomas Meehan. 
Charles E. Smith. 
Stewardson Brown. 
Chas. Schaffer, M. D. 
Jos. D. Crawford. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Thomas Meehan, 
Director. 
Report of the Conservator. —Notwithstanding the disadvantages 
under which the Botanical Department has had to work, the result 
for the past year has been fully up to those preceding. 
The mounting of the collections has been steadily carried on 
through the untiring efforts of the Director of the Section, and is 
now completed up to Gentianacese. It is hoped to have them all 
properly arranged by the end of the next season. 
The Lewis and Clark Collection has been carefully examined by 
Mr. Thos. Meehan and Professor B. L. Robinson of Harvard College. 
There is every reason to expect that before the next report shall 
be made, the much needed cases for accommodation of the rapidly ac¬ 
cumulating material will have been secured. The accessions of the 
year are recorded in the list of additions to the Museum. 
