282 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



received almost the whole of his excellent collections in 

 Lebanon and the Holy Land. Mr. Ball sent him many 

 specimens from his herbarium, a very rich one, and also 

 a suite illustrating his flora of Morocco. Besides this, he 

 made an excursion to Colorado and one to California, which 

 resulted in the acquisition of several new species and many 

 valuable specimens. In 1868 he again spent a winter in 

 Florida, coming north, as before, by way of western 

 South Carolina and Virginia. 



This resulted in the gathering of about 12,000 speci- 

 mens, which were mostly valuable for exchange, as well as 

 in a more direct way. He has also, either alone or in 

 company with Drs. Gray and Engelmann, Professor Sargent 

 and Mr. Eedfield, made excursions to the mountains 

 of North Carolina, the results of which added much to the 

 value of his herbarium. He also purchased the fine col- 

 lection of Fendler, in Trinidad ; of Garber, Sintenis, and 

 others in Porto Rico ; of Garber, in South Florida ; of 

 Pringle, Palmer and Parry in Mexico and the border states, 

 and has, unusually full sets of the various government 

 collections, and of the various collectors of the Sandwich 

 Island plants. 



The very extensive collections of Dr. Rusby in Arizona 

 and New Mexico, and in South America, and that of Mr. 

 Bang in the latter continent, are incorporated in the her- 

 barium, as are also the valuable collections of Professor 

 Greene, of Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Ames, and of Professor 

 Lemmon, Dr. Parry, Messrs. Jones, Parish, Orcutt, Howell, 

 Cusick, Tweedy, Suksdorf, and many others in the far West 

 and South. Most full and valuable collections were 

 received from Dr. Mellichamp, of South Carolina, illustra- 

 ting Elliott's flora. 



