8 
SEEDS COLLECTED AT BELGRADE LAKES, MAINE 
Araha hispida Medeola virginiana 
Aralhia nudicaulis Mentha arvensis canadensis 
Arisaema triphyllum Nemopanthus mucronata 
Clintonia bore: 
Coptis trifolia 
Cornus ¢: Tene 
Crataegus sp. 
Cypr ipeditm acaule 
Epilobium angustifolium 
elas bale procumbens 
ravlussacia baccata 
oe punctatum 
jab 
lis Pyrus melanocarpa 
Rosa carolina 
Sambucus canadensis 
Thalictrum polygamum 
Trilhum undulatum 
Trientalis americana 
Vaccinium canadense 
Vaccinium corymbosum 
— 
ar 
Hex verticillata Vaccinium pennsylvanicum 
Iris prismatica Viburnum acerifolium 
Iris versicolor Viburnum alnifolium 
Lyonia ligustrina Viburnum cassinoides 
Matanthemum canadense Viburnum dentatum 
Address requests for seeds before March 1, 1938 to 
») EXCHANGE, 
B Pe Botanic Garden, 
00 Washington Avenue, 
3rooklyn, N. Y., 
US 
— 
THE INTERNATIONAL SEED EXCHANGE 
Members of the Garden may be interested in the following 
information. 
The interchange of seeds between botanic gardens goes back 
many years. In our library is an autograph letter from the great 
Linnaeus to his friend, Duchesne, dated 1767, asking for seeds of 
certain plants, and offering others in exchange. 
In our own country, the systematic exchange of seeds with 
other nations dates from the very beginning of our national exist- 
ence. After Thomas Jefferson returned to America from I*rance, 
where he had represented the United States of America, he began 
sending his French friends seeds of native plants, receiving from 
them seeds of French plants in return. This interchange con- 
tinued for some twenty-three vears. “ By his desire, our consuls 
