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THE COLLECTION OF WATER LILES AT THE 
BROOKLYN BOTARIE GARDEN 
Fic. 33. Publications of Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (5673.) 
2. ExcHANGE OF SEEDS WITH OTHER BOTANIC GARDENS 
Seed exchange lists have been published for many years by 
foreign botanic gardens. The earlier issues of some gardens are 
of scientific value as they were the places of original publication of 
new scientific names or names of new species. Such more or less 
casual publication of names has for some time been abandoned, 
but the seed exchange lists serve a valuable purpose in acquainting 
botanic gardens with seeds available from various countries. By 
the mutual exchange of these seeds the collections of each garden 
may be constantly enriched. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden was 
apparently, the first Garden of the United States to publish regu- 
