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The following item appeared in Science for May 1, 1914: “A 
series of water-color plant studies painted by the late traveller 
and artist, Miss Adelia Gates, and presented to the Smithsonian 
Institute by her niece, Miss Eleanor Lewis, of Yellow Springs, 
Ohio, is now exhibited in the new building of the U. S. National 
Museum. The subjects treated embrace a wide range of foreign 
and domestic plants painted by the artist in this country and 
abroad. Some additions have recently been made to the original 
deposit by the donor who has endeavored to bring together all the 
flower studies made by Miss Gates, many of which were widely 
distributed prior to her death. With these additions, the collection 
now numbers some 600 paintings. 
A circular letter of May 8, 1914, from the president of the 
Torrey Botanical Club, addressed to members of the club, con- 
tains the following two paragraphs which will be of interest to all 
persons interested in the local flora: 
“The Club proposes to undertake special work during the com- 
ing year on the cryptogramic flora of the region. The completion 
and provision for publication of Mr. Taylor’s list of the flowering 
plants suggest the extension of the Club’s activities to this further 
field as the next large undertaking necessary to complete our 
knowledge of the plant life of the local flora district. 
“Notable work on various groups of the cryptograms has 
already been accomplished and it is hoped to publish at once in 
the club’s journals preliminary lists, so far as they are available. 
It is the desire of the Club to enlist the assistance in this under- 
taking of as many collectors and field workers as possible. It has 
been decided to create a considerable number of special committees 
with chairmen, who, as far as possible, are interested in particular 
groups and to invite the members of the Club and others to enroll 
themselves on one or more of these committees. The chairmen 
will organize field excursions either for their special work or in 
conjunction with other committees and the effort will be made to 
arrange the dates for the trips to the different regions so as to 
visit each locality at a time most favorable for collecting its special 
flora. It is desired that the data obtained should include records 
as to abundance, perfection of development, etc., at the various 

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