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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR 1915. 
Archaeology.— During recent years many stones of interest 
have been acquired for the Museum through the indefatigable 
labours of Mr. W. H. Brook and others, in the hope of forming 
a representative collection which would illustrate the art of 
sculpture in York and district from the earliest times. It is 
yet hoped that the Trustees of the Friends’ School on the 
Mount will help the Roman collection of sculpture by present¬ 
ing to the Museum the inscribed stone found on the site of the 
school. 
Botany. — Herbarium .—To those who desire information re¬ 
garding the Herbarium and the Botanical Garden, a reference 
to the transactions of the Society for the years 1893—1913 
(especially the Historical Account of the Herbarium, Part I., 
pp. 1—27, 1906) may be of assistance. 
In that account I stated that “the Herbarium of the Society 
contains over 10,000 specimens of British, European, and 
Asiatic Plants, and includes collections of British Plants from 
the following 
The Rev. James Dalton, F.L.S. 1827. 
W. Middleton ... ... ... 1827. 
Giles Munby ... ... ... 1833. 
Samuel Hailstone, F.L.S. ... 1859.“ 
In 1892, at the earnest request of the late Dr. Tempest 
Anderson and Canon Raine, I accepted the position of Honor¬ 
ary Curator of Botany and undertook to arrange the British 
Collections. I also stated that I would not undertake the 
responsibility of the Botanical Garden or the Foreign Collec¬ 
tions in the Herbarium without practical assistance. 
I continued the work which the Rev. W. Hincks had left 
unfinished in 1839, an d have entered in the Catalogue of 
British Plants about 3,000 records and arranged about 4,000 
specimens. 
In 1905 an attempt was made to revive the interest in the 
Botanical Garden, and the Council promised to give me 
assistance. 
In 1914 the Council expended over £20 in supplying Plants 
of interest to Students of Botany, Medicine, and Monastic 
Gardens. 
