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The F. M. Hexamer herbarium, European and Xorth American. 

 The H. E. Hasse herbarium, North America, largely Cali- 

 fornian. 



The Per A. Rydberg herbarium, Xorth American and 

 European. 



The Le^is R. Gibbes herbarium, Xorth American, mainly 

 from South Carolina. 



The Peter Y. LeRoy herbarium, miscellaneous. 



The Harry Edwards herbarium, Xorth American, mainly 

 Californian. 



The Anna M. Vail herbarium, eastern Xorth America. 



The Francis E. Llovd herbarium, Xorth American, lar^^elv 

 from Oregon. 



The A. Yigener herbarium, mainly European and Mexican. 



The E. 0. Howe herbarium, X^'orth American, largely fungi. 



The American museum x>f natural history herbarium, miscel- 

 laneous. 



The TorreT botanical club herbarium, vicinitv of Xew York 

 city. 



The T. F. Allen herbarium t>f Characeae. 



The George Y. Xash herbarium, miscellaneous, mostly Ameri- 

 can. 



The A. Henry herbarium of Chinese plants. 



The Elizabeth G. Britton, herbarium, eastern X^orth America. 



The Gustay Rampsperger herbarium, miscellaneous. 



2 Columbia herbarium. The Columbia uniyersity herbarium 

 was begun early in the last century by Dr John Torrey, and 

 contains the material upon w^hich his botanical writings, extend- 

 ing oyer half a century, were based. On this foundation the 

 present Columbia herbarium was built. Mr John J. Crooke en- 

 riched it by two yaluable collections: one, that of Prof. C. J. 

 Meisner, of Basle, Switzerland, and the other that of the late 

 Dr A. ^Y. Chapman, of Apalachicola Fla. A few years later 

 the mosses, and many of the hepatics and lichens accumulated 

 by C. F. Austin, were incorporated in it, while the most recent 

 acquisitions of great size and importance, are the most famous 

 collection of mosses brought together from all parts of the 



