REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1923 ~ : 21 
cient reefs believed to have been made by the natural growth proc- 
esses of lime-secreting algae. The State Museum has for several 
years controlled the now well-known Cryptozoon Park to which ref- 
erence is made elsewhere. It is of special interest to record, in con- 
nection with this park, the very notable further exposures of these 
reefs which have been laid open by Messrs John and Robert Ritchie 
of Saratoga Springs. These gentlemen, prompted by a high im- 
pulse for the public interest, have acquired a considerable acreage 
nearby which is admirably adapted for park purposes and the surface 
of which is dotted with exposures of these Cryptozoon reefs. The 
Ritchie property is not a continuous floor of rock, but is softened 
and beautified by an undulating grass cover, with clusters and 
clumps of trees and shrubs so placed that the whole area could be, 
with very little expenditure, made a most attractive spot to the 
traveling public. 5 
