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especially concerned. Further exploration of upper Monmouth 

 and Burlington Counties would probably only add to the number 

 of stations for the more lx)real species, known to strag-gle down 

 into the coastal plain, and would increase our knowledge of the 

 true flora of the latter reg-ion but little. 



At certain stations within our range we have been fortunate 

 enough to have resident botanists who have become authorities 

 on the plants of their home neighborhood, and who, by their 

 collections (referred to above) and cordial co-operation, have 

 rendered valuable assistance in this work — Messrs. J. H. Grove, 

 of New Egypt; Benjamin Heritage, of Mickleton; Charles D. 

 Lippincott, of Swedesboro; Georg^e W. Bassett, of Hammonton, 

 and O. H. Brow^n, of Cape May. 



The writer has made a rather exhaustive study of the flora 

 about Medford, where, in conjunction with some fellows-natural- 

 ists, he has maintained a cabin camp for some ten years past, to 

 which trips of two to four days' duration have been made at all 

 seasons of the year and 750 specimens collected. 



Mr. Bayard Long has made a similar study of the flora of Long 

 Beach Island, where he has a summer home. Some 109 days 

 have been spent here during the past few years and a collection 

 of 2,000 specimens obtained. 



Several wagon trips from Medford to the Plains have been 

 taken by the writer and some fellow-naturalists, one of a week's 

 duration, others of two or three days, and two visits of several 

 days' duration were made to Farmingdale in May and July, 19 10, 

 by Messrs. S. Brown, B. Long, VanPelt and Stone, of the Phila- 

 delphia Botanical Club, and Mr. Norman Taylor, of the Torrey 

 Club. 



With the exception of the above the collecting trips have been 

 one-day affairs. Trips made by Messrs. Long, VanPelt and 

 Stone during the past ten years number 329; some were indi- 

 vidual trips, others were participated in by two or three, wdiile 

 additional members of the Philadelphia Botanical Club often took 

 part, especially Messrs. Stewardson Brown, Charles S. William- 

 son, Dr. J. W. Eckfeldt, Francis W. Pennell, George W. Bassett 

 and O. H. Brown, to- all of wiiom the writer is indebted for valu- 

 able assistance. 



