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He also purchased from the late Charles Wright more than two 
thousand numbers of his Cuban collection. 
At the death of Mr. Sullivant his large collection was sent to 
Dr. Gray, and through his kindness the whole of the foreign col- 
lection was incorporated into the Canby Herbarium. This was 
particularly rich in the Spanish and Grecian collections of Boiss- 
ier, in the Siberian and Altai collections of Bunge and Ledebour, 
in the Italian collections of Tenore and Gasparini, and ina large 
and valuable representation of the plants of France and Germany. 
He also obtained a part of the Venezuela collection of Fendler 
and a goodly number of that of Mandon and other collectors in 
the cordilleras of South America. He also received very many 
specimens from Schultes Bipontinus, Dr. Schnor and Karl Keck, 
of the various German countries, from Prof. Parlatori, of Italy 
René Lenormand, of France, and many others. 
From Prof. Lenormand was also received a very fine collec- 
tion of the peculiar flora of New Caledonia which had been 
placed in his hands for study and distribution. While on the 
subject of foreign specimens, I must not forget to mention the 
many thousands of species received from Baron von Mueller, of 
Australia, Prof. MacOwen, of South Africa, and Dr. Cheeseman, 
of New Zealand. 
In this country Mr. Canby has exchanged with every one he 
could find who made good specimens and has purchased all the 
collections of Curtiss, Hall, Bolander, Kellogg and the other Cali- 
fornia and Oregon botanists. Later he corresponded with Prof. 
Post, of Syria, and received almost the whole of his excellent col- 
lections in Lebanon and the Holy Land. Mr. Ball sent him 
almost innumerable specimens from his herbarium, a very rich 
one, and also a suite illustrating his flora of Morocco. Besides 
this he made an excursion to Colorado and one to California, 
which resulted in the acquisition of several new species and 
many valuable specimens. In 1868 he again spent a winter in 
Florida, coming North as before by way of western South Caro- 
lina and Virginia. 
This resulted in the gathering of about 12,000 specimens 
which were most valuable for exchange, as well as in a more 
direct way. He has also, either alone or in company with Drs. 
