. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 58 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1961. Sectioning on a sliding microtome is the first step taken by Curator William L. Stern in preparation of microscope slides of wood for reference files and research. Filicum, which is the principal standard arrangement of ferns. This has made possible the preparation of indices which are now attached to the ends of the cases, to facilitate the finding of the genera. The W. H. Long fungus collection, which had been kept separate, was interpolated into the general collections
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 58 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1961. Sectioning on a sliding microtome is the first step taken by Curator William L. Stern in preparation of microscope slides of wood for reference files and research. Filicum, which is the principal standard arrangement of ferns. This has made possible the preparation of indices which are now attached to the ends of the cases, to facilitate the finding of the genera. The W. H. Long fungus collection, which had been kept separate, was interpolated into the general collections by honorary research associates C. K. Benjamin and John A. Stevenson, as were the fungi from the Goucher College herbarium. The major activities in caring for the permanent collections and the processing of new material are summarized in the following table: 1959-60 1960-61 Specimens and pliotogi'aphs mounted 31. ;)!) ;). l)4t) Specimens repaired 12, 584 11, 693 Specimens stamped and recorded 37, .526 33, 462 Specimens incorporated in lierbarinni or added to tlie permanent collections 48, 729 98, 442 There are now 58,438 types in the segregated type herbiuium, in- cluding 4(),f)U) phanerogams, 10,051 grasses, .'),.")7-_! fei-iis, aiul 4,396 cryptogams. This is an inci'oaso of 514 ty])cs (hii'iiig the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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