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from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, in which 

 they were first published, the total number of such contribu- 

 tions being now nineteen. 



All our publications have been in demand from other insti- 

 tutions and students all over the world, and their distribution 

 has brought us exchanges of books and specimens, in value 

 greatly in excess of the cost of publication. 



Exploration. 



A very large number of living plants, and of specimens 

 for the museums and herbarium have been obtained by mem- 

 bers of the staff detailed for exploring regions little known 

 botanically, and for visiting other institutions. The expenses 

 of this work have been defrayed in part by appropriations 

 from the general fund, and in part by contributions of money 

 from members of the Garden as follows : 



Wm. E. Dodge $ 600.00 



Samuel Thorne 100.00 



Geo. W. Perkins 250.00 



Richard H. Allen 100.00 



James B. Ford 100.00 



Very Rev. E. A. Hoffman 100.00 



Roland G. Mitchell 100.00 



Adrian Iselin 200.00 



Isaac Seligman 100.00 



Robert M. Thompson 100.00 



N. L. Britton 100.00 



F. N. Warburg 100.00 



Geo. Foster Peabody 100.00 



$2,050.00 



Detailed accounts of the exploration work have been pub- 

 lished in the Journal. It is mainly by exploration and by 

 visits to other institutions for arranging exchanges that the 

 collections of the Garden may now best be built up. Much 

 desirable material can yet naturally be obtained by purchase, 

 but that of the greatest scientific and educational value must 

 be collected ; trained collectors are almost necessary for this 



