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not only traversed the East side but also made his way around to the diffi- 

 cult swash region of the West coast, and penetrated the dividing channel 

 across the southern third of the Island. Mr. Brace also continued his 

 search for interesting plants on New Providence (7141-7161 and 7905- 

 7910) and during 1918 and 1919 obtained large collections of Cryptogams 

 (9395-10138). 



1877. H. E. Wm. Robinson, while Governor of the Bahamas, took considerable 

 interest in the plant life of the islands even to the establishment of an Ex- 

 perimental Botanic Station for the Study of Economic Plants suitable for 

 the Islands. His collections of Bahamian plants (192 specimens) are in 

 the herbarium at Kew. 



1885-6. John Gardiner spent two years in the Bahamas going there in 1885 

 as scientific advisor to the Board of Agriculture. Under the direction of 

 Governor H. A. Blake he spent a considerable time in botanically exploring 

 Xew Providence and the Out Islands, notably Andros, Berry Islands, At- 

 wood Cay, Inagua and the Biminis ; at the latter place he lost his notes and 

 books of reference through the wreck of his vessel. Unfortunately he made 

 no collections during his Bahama explorations, contenting himself with 

 analyzing the plants in the field and recording his results in the lost note 

 books. 



1886. F. H. Herrick worked on Abaco, Pawpaw Cay, Joe's Cay and Little 

 Abaco in June 1886, devoting most of his time to zoology. He made a 

 small collection of plants which is now in the herbarium of Yale University. 

 A large number of the species in the list of 66 plants published by Eaton & 

 Setehell, were, however, reported from his field observations only. 



1887. Charles S. Dolley visited Xew Providence in 1887 and has recently 

 resided at Xassau. His private herbarium, principally of plants collected 

 in the United States, is deposited in the herbarium of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. [See Bibliography.] 



1887-88. H. F. A. von Eggers, plant collector for many years in various parts 

 of the West Indies and South America, was on Grand Turk in July, 1887. 

 From January to March, 1888, he collected on Acklin's, Fortune, Long, 

 and Hog Islands, and on Xew Providence under the auspices of the com- 

 mittee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 



1889-91. Alexander Keith, of Edinburgh, owner of a sisal plantation on 

 Andros, collected a few plants on that island especially for Mrs. Xorthrop 

 (whom see). Those preserved are in the Herbarium of the Xew York 

 Botanical Garden. 



1890. Mrs. Alice (Rich) Northrop, accompanied by her husband, Prof. John 

 I. Xorthrop, made, in 1890, a large collection of the plants of Xew Provi- 

 dence (nos. 1-239, 280-331), Rose Island (251), Salt Cay (240-244, 271- 

 279), Hog Island (245-8, 252-70), and Andros (332-758). These plants 

 formed the basis of Mrs. Xorthrop 's ' ' Flora of Xew Providence and An- 

 dros. " They are now deposited in equal sets in the herbaria of the Field 

 Museum and the Xew York Botanical Garden. Very full sets are also to 

 be found in the herbarium at Kew and at Berlin. 



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