Incorporation of the Wellesley College Herbarium into the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium

卫尔斯理学院支持植物标本馆已有一个多世纪的历史，卫尔斯理地衣收藏对系统和生态研究具有重要的历史意义。最近卫尔斯理生物系的组成发生了变化，导致该标本馆没有合适的馆长。学院在20世纪80年代末决定停止对S标本馆的支持，1988年，该标本馆的藏品(70,000株维管植物和20,000株隐子植物)被转移到纽约植物园。NYBG的馆长J.Kallunki博士建议修复标本，将它们转移到新的床单和文件夹中，并将它们整合到花园的标本馆中。卫尔斯利植物标本馆等系统收藏品是研究生物多样性的关键资源。自然历史藏品的长期维护和增长对未来几代人的研究至关重要。纽约植物园愿意将卫尔斯利植物标本馆纳入其中，这将保护它免受不确定的未来的影响，并将使其及时提供给研究界。

Wellesley College has supported a herbarium for more than a century, and the Wellesley lichen collections are historically important for systematic and ecological research. Recent changes in the composition of the biology faculty at Wellesley have left the herbarium without an appropriate curator. The College decided to discontinue its support for the herbarium in the late 1980's, and in 1988 the collection (70,000 vascular plants and 20,000 cryptogams) was transferred to the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG). Dr. J. Kallunki, Curator at NYBG, proposes to repair specimens, transfer them to new sheets and folders, and integrate them into the Garden's herbarium. Systematic collections such as the Wellesley herbarium are critical resources for the study of biological diversity. The long-term maintenance and growth of natural history collections are essential for future generations of research. The New York Botanical Garden's willingness to incorporate the Wellesley herbarium will protect it from an uncertain future, and will make it available to the research community in a timely fashion.