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Empetrum nigrum, L. 
Habenaria dilatata, (Pursh), Gray. 
Listera cordata, (L.), R. Br. 
Juncus filiformts, L. 
Juncus trifidus, L. 
Luzula melanocarpa, (Ehr.), Desv. : 
Scirpus cespitosus, L. 
Eriophorum alpinum, L. 
Carex atrata, L. var. ovata, Boott. 
Carex canescens, L. var. alpicola, Wahl. 
Carex scirpoidea, Michx. 
Carex rigida, var. Bigelovit, Tuckerm. 
Phleum alpinum, \. 
Agrostis hiemalis, (L.), B.S. P. (A. scabra, Willd). 
Agrostis canina, L. var. alpina, Oakes. 
Cinna pendula, Trin. 
Agropyrum violaceum, Lange. 
Lycopodium Selago, L. 
Lycopodium annotinum, L. var. pungens, Spreng. 
Lycopodium alpinum, 1.. 
: F. P. BRIGGS. — 
ORONO, Me., Oct. 18, 1892. 
The Canby Herbarium, 
The large and fine herbarium of Mr. Wm. M. Canby has 
been purchased by the College of Pharmacy of the city of New 
York, and will be deposited in their new building, now in pro- 
cess of erection upon 68th street, near the Boulevard. This, in 
connection with the herbaria of Columbia College, of the Torrey 
Botanical Club and of several private individuals, will probably 
render this city the most favorable point in the country for the 
study of collections. In announcing the purchase at a recent 
college meeting, Prof. Rusby read the following sketch of the 
herbarium : 
Mr. William M. Canby isa citizen of Wilmington, Delaware, 
distinguished at home for his financial station as the president of 
the Wilmington Savings Fund Association and his connection 
with various railway enterprises, as well as for his personal char- 
