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In Geneva the work of incorporating the De Candolle herbarium 

 with the Delessert herbarium at the Jardin Botanique is being carried 

 on. An addition to the museum building has recently been constructed, 

 affording ample room for the large collection and adequate working 

 facilities for visiting botanists. The original De Candolle herbarium, 

 that is, the part containing specimens cited in the Prodromns and 

 the Monographiac Pliancrogauiarum, is maintained as a separate 

 unit. These early collections have been supplemented in recent years 



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Fig. 61. — British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory), Soutli Kensington. (End view.) 



by much South American material, particularly from Paraguay, Ar- 

 gentina, and southern Brazil. 



Twice during his ten days' stay in Geneva, Mr. Killip had an 

 opportunity to do field-work. An afternoon on the Seleve Moun- 

 tains, overlooking the city, and a day on Mont Blanc netted interest- 

 ing /\lpine plants. 



The Botanical Museum at Berlin is an almost ideal place at which 

 to work, particularly for one engaged in studying South American 

 plants. The presence of a large staff of botanists, many of them 

 specializing in plant groups extensively represented in South America, 

 has resulted in the naming and classifying of the specimens in accor- 



