PII.ANTSI OF SOUTHERN NE,W JERSEY. 27 



tindale, one of the founders of the club. The members imme- 

 diately began to contribute specimens, the most important South 

 Jersey collections coming from J. H. Grove, of New Egypt; 

 Charles D. Lippincott, of Swedesboro; and Benjamin Heritage, 

 of Mickleton; other contributors being Dr. J. Bernard Brinton, 

 Albrecht Jahn, Charles S. Williamson. 



Soon after, Dr. Ida A. Keller presented her entire local her- 

 barium. Of later years, extensive collections were made by Sam'l 

 S. VanPelt and Bayard Long, while numerous contributions 

 were received from Edwin B. Bartram, Dr. John W. Eckfeldt, 

 ,W. A. Poyser, Henry A. Lang, Francis W. Pennell, Stewardson 

 Brown, George W. Bassett, Witmer Stone. Upon the death of 

 the veteran botanist, Mr. Charles E. Smith, his entire collection 

 of local plants was bequeathed to the Academy and added to the 

 herbarium. 



The general herbarium of the Academy contained New Jersey 

 material collected by all the famous botanists from the time of 

 Nuttall and Pursh down, but outside of Nuttall's collection and 

 those of S. W. Conrad, of Burlington, and Dr. Joseph Carson, 

 and W. Wynne Wister, there were probably no complete her- 

 baria, the specimens being duplicates or special donations. Such 

 material was received from Diffenbaugh, Pickering, Read, Du- 

 rand, Z. Collins, A. H. Smith, Canby, Parker, and Burk. Later 

 on, the valuable local herbaria of Stewardson Brown, Joseph 

 Craw^ford and Alexander MacElwee, were presented to the 

 Academy, all rich in South Jersey material, while C. F. Saunders 

 presented a number of specimens. 



In 1910 and 191 1, all of the local material in the general her- 

 bar^ium was incorporated in the local herbarium, which has thus 

 become one of the most complete and extensive local collections 

 in America. 



Since 1903, this local herbarium has been under the care of 

 Mr. S. S. VanPelt, aided during the past two years by Mr. Bay- 

 ard Long, both of whom volunteered their services and have 

 brought the collection to its present high standard. The thou- 

 sands O'f plants which they have themselves collected, and which 

 Mr. Van Pelt has so carefully mounted, are unsurpassed as her- 

 barium specimens. 



