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made a collection of several hundred specimens prior to 1900, which 

 was sent to England. 



16. Howe, M. A. For the special purpose of collecting and studying 



algae, Howe visited Bermuda in the -summer of 1900 ; he obtained 

 rich collections of these plants and also many land cryptogams; a 

 complete series is preserved in the herbarium of the New York 

 Botanical Garden and some duplicates 'have been sent to students 

 at other institutions. 



17. Moore, A. H. Moore visited Bermuda in the summer of 1905, and 



collected specimens of several hundred species, which were added to 

 his own herbarium ; there is a partial set in the Gray Herbarium ; a 

 few duplicates were sent to the New York Botanical Garden. 



18. Brown, S., and Britton, N. L. Through cooperation of the Academy 



of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the New York Botanical 

 Garden, aided by officials of the Bermuda Agricultural Station, col- 

 lection and study of the Bermuda flora were taken up in 1905, and 

 continued at intervals up to 1913. Mrs. Britton was a member of 

 the expedition of 1905 and of one in the summer of 1912. Brown 

 made collections alone during the winter of 190S and in the spring 

 of 1909. During a second trip made in 1912, F. J. Seaver was a 

 member and made extensive collections of fungi ; during the trip of 

 1913, Peter Bisset, of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 aided in the field work. The collections made have been divided 

 between the New York Botanical Garden and the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; partial duplicate sets have been 

 sent to the United States National Museum, to the Bermuda Agri- 

 cultural Station, to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, to 

 the Missouri Botanical Garden, to the Royal Gardens at Kew, and 

 to the herbarium of the Field Museum of Natural History and a few 

 specimens to other institutions. 



19. Marble, Delia W. In 1909, Miss Marble made collections from March 



to May, and her specimens of 85 species are preserved in the her- 

 barium of the New York Botanical Garden; a few duplicates have 

 been sent to other institutions. 



20. Harris, T. J. During 1905 and subsequent years, while serving as 



Superintendent of the Agricultural Station, Harris collected many 

 botanical specimens, which form a part of the herbarium of the 

 Station, and duplicates were sent to the New York B'otanical 

 Garden. 



