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herbarium of the Academy, or in the collections of the members of 

 the Botanical Section and of the Park Commission of Rochester, 

 unless otherwise noted. 



Territory Included. 



The territory included covers the same area as the list of 1896, 

 comprising the whole of Monroe county and parts of Genesee, 

 Orleans, Ontario, Wayne and Livingston counties. A few plants 

 which our botanists have found in Allegany and Wyoming counties 

 have been included in this list, as these counties lie in the drainage 

 basin of the Genesee river, and also because it seemed desirable that 

 a record should be made of them. 



ACKNOW^LEDGMENTS. 



The thanks of the Committee are especially due to Mr. J, B. 

 Fuller for much painstaking work in the determination of specimens 

 and on the herbarium ; to Mrs. J. H. McGuire, whose faithful and 

 conscientious labor as Recorder of the Botanical Section for many 

 years was of great service ; and to all the members of the Section 

 whose zeal and enthusiasm have added new plants to the list and 

 given encouragement to the Committee. 



It is with regret that the Committee announces the deaths of two 

 botanists who had done much for botanical research in our county : 

 Dr. Charles M. Booth and Mr. Charles W. Seelye.* Dr. Booth was a 

 most enthusiastic collector, and in the fall of 1896 added largely to 

 the number of plants named in the following list, especially the newly 

 introduced ones along our railroads. For many years he had been 

 greatly interested in Mosses and the Carices, and his large collections 

 of these plants have been given to the Academy of Science. Mr. 

 Seelye, who was especially interested in Ferns, some years ago pre- 

 sented his extensive collection to the Academy, together with valuable 

 publications pertaining to them. {See Vol. j, p. 186). 



♦Since this paper was completed and in the hands of tlie printer, two more of our botanists 

 have passed a waj' : Mr. Joseph B. Fuller, of Rochester, and Mr. E. L. Hankensoti, of Newark, N. V. 

 Mr. Fuller's death occurred on February i6, 1910, at the age of 82. For many years he was 

 Curator in Botany of the Academy and the leading authority in the Botanical Section. Mr. 

 Hankenson was a well-known botanist of Wayne county and contributed many specimens from 

 that locality to the herbarium of our Academy. It is proposed to publish biographical sketches 

 of Mr. Fuller, Dr. Booth, Mr. Seelye, Mrs. Mary E. Streeter and Mr. Hankenson in a later 

 brochure of these Proceedings. 



