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The following material (over 7,000 sheets), resulting from this survey, 

 or secured by exchange, gift, loan, or purchase, is deposited in duplicate 

 in both institutions, where it is being studied by the co-workers, who are 

 also taking occasion at various intervals to consult the collections of Cates- 

 by, Eggers, Hjalmarsson, Brace, Daniell, Herrick, Allen, Barbour & Bryant, 

 and others, deposited in European and American herbaria. In addition, 

 a complete series of the orchids, cacti, tillandsias, and other difficult 

 groups is being collected alive and studied in the conservatories of the 

 Garden. 



COLLECTORS. 



Brace Mr. Louis J. K. Brace began his collections in the Bahamas in 

 1875. He worked principally on New Providence until 1880, but 

 also secured material on Fortune Island or Long Cay, and Andros. 

 His work resulted in about 525 numbers, which were sent to Kew Gar- 

 dens. A duplicate set is still in^his possession. He began field work 

 under the present survey in September, 1904 (see Britton & Brace), 

 and later in the same year was commissioned by the Garden to make 

 an exploration of the Abaco Islands, where he collected as follows: 

 Green Turtle Cay (1475-1515), Allen's Cay (1526-54), Spanish 

 Cay (1555-62), Man-o'-War Cay (1563-89), Pigeon Cay (1662-73), 

 Elbow Cay (1688-1712), and on the island of Abaco at Butler Bay 

 (1516-25), Marsh Harbor (1590-1661, 1713-53, 1787-1846), Great 

 Cistern (1674-87, 1754-86), Cherokee Sound (1847-9, 1898-1980, 

 1999, 2080-84, 2086), Eight Mile Bay (1850-97), opposite Cherokee 

 Settlement (1981-98, 2064-79), Old Kerr's Point (2000-2036), and 

 California road (2037-63), a total of 611 numbers. Following this 

 expedition he continued work on New Providence in localities from 

 which, from time to time, it became necessary to have more material 

 of previously secured species. 



In June, 1905, a commission was given him by both the Garden 

 and this Museum to continue, on Great Bahama, the work already 

 undertaken there. (See Britton & Millspaugh.) On this exploration 

 he collected at Eight Mile Rocks (3633-5, 3671-3738), Deadman's 

 Reef (3631-2), and the western extremity of the island (3484-3630, 

 3636-57). He also collected Garden Cay (3658-70), and visited 

 (during his sailings to and from Great Bahama) North Birnini 

 (3461-75, 3479-83), South Bimini (3476-8), North Cat Cay (3739- 

 54), and Andros Island (3755-6), and after returning to New Provi- 

 dence collected Nos. 3893-3918. 



Britton Dr. N. L. Britton collected on New Providence in April, 1904, 

 in the neighborhood of Nassau, South Side Beach, Blue Hills, Far- 



