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Gray and Engelmann, Prof. Sargent and Mr. Redfield, made many 
excursions to the mountains of North Carolina, the results of 
which told largely upon the value of his herbarium. He also 
purchased the fine collection of Fendler in Trinidad, of Garber, 
Sintenis and others in Porto Rico, of Garber in South Florida, of 
Pringle, Palmer, Parry and Palmer, and others in Mexico and the 
border States, and has unusually full sets of the various govern- 
ment collections and of the various collectors of Sandwich Island 
plants. 
The very extensive collections of Dr. Rusby in Arizona and 
New Mexico and in South America, and that of Mr. Bang in the 
latter continent are incorporated in the herbarium, as are also the 
valuable collections of Prof. Greene, of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. 
Ames, and of Prof Lemmon, Dr. Parry, Messrs. Jones, Parish, 
Orcutt, Howell, Cusick, Tweedy, Suksdorf and many others in 
the far West and South. Most valuable and full collections were 
received from Dr. Mellichamp, of South Carolina, illustrating 
Elliott’s flora. 
Lastly, as one of the botanists of Mr. Villard’s North Trans- 
Continental Survey, a full suite of all the collections made by it, 
and a most valuable one it was, came to this herbarium. In this 
were a number of new species, and many others so rare that they 
were only known before by single poor specimens. With these 
have come the collections of the Canadian Government Survey 
and a large contribution from Prof. Macoun’s private collection. 
From this it will be seen that during thirty years no collection 
which enterprise and money could secure has failed to become 
Fepresented in the Canby Herbarium. The result is really a 
§reat one. With the Wood Herbarium and other specimens now 
in our collection, our Herbarium will number very close upon 
three hundred thousand specimens. 
As regards the value of the herbarium I will hazard the 
Opinion that $10,000 would not cover the actual cash outlay 
upon it. Add to this the thirty-four years of assiduous care on 
_ the part of the owner, and an amount by other distinguished 
Scholars perhaps aggregating as much more, and you can judge 
whether $25,000 would not be a low estimate of its value. Its 
Scientific value is, of course, beyond all estimate. 
