28 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



The South Jersey material contained in this herbarium lias 

 been carefully estimated at 14,000 sheets. For permission to 

 avail myself of its riches, I am under obligations to the Academy 

 and the Club and for various aid and assistance, to Mr. Steward- 

 son Brown, Conservator of the Botanical Section in charge of the 

 Academy's herbaria, and to Messrs. VanPelt and Long. 



Princeton University. — Comprises the collection of Mr. 

 Charles F. Parker, one of the best authorities on the flora of 

 the Pine Barrens, and a number of other New Jersey plants, 

 received from various sources. Mr. Parker's herbarium contains 

 probably 3,000 specimens from the region covered by the present 

 report, including nearly all those w hich served as the basis for 

 the records published in Britton's catalogue, on the authority of 

 Parker. The majority of the specimens were carefully examined, 

 especially those mentioned by Britton. For this privilege I am 

 indebted to Prof. George Macloskie. 



Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. — This contains the herba- 

 rium of Mr. Isaac Martindale, containing a great many New 

 Jersey specimens, only a small portion examined. 



\University of Pennsylvania. — This herbarium contains the 

 private herbaria of Dr. Jostph Leidy, Dr. J. Bernard Brinton, 

 Isaac Burk, all of them rich in South Jersey plants, and valuable 

 collections made by Dr. J. M. Macfarlane and Dr. John W. 

 Harshberger. There are approximately 3,500 specimens from 

 our region. 



For permission to examine this collection I am indebted to the 

 last twO' gentlemen. 



New Jersey Geological Survey. — This herbarium, preserved 

 at New Brunswick, consists of some 5,000 sheets, probably half 

 of them from our area, and forms the basis of Dr. N. L. Britton's 

 catalogue of New Jersey plants published by the survey in 1883. 

 Prof. B. D. Halstead gave me every facility for making a careful 

 examination of the collection. 



State Museum, Trenton, N. J. — Two important herbaria be- 

 long to this institution. ( i ) That of Mr. C. S. Gross, formerly 

 of Landisville, containing about 2,000 sheets of plants from this 

 vicinity, Pancoast, Pleasant Mills, Mays Landing, etc. (2) That 

 of Prof. Austin. P. Apgar, fo^rmerly of Trenton. 



