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south-eastern part. A trip was also made to White Sulphur 

 Springs, West Virginia, after the rare Clematis ovata Pursh 

 and Trifolium Virginicum Small. Two trips were also 

 made to the mountains of North CaroHna after rare species. 

 During the season several new species were collected, and a 

 number added to the Gray " Manual Range." 



Upon the opening of Columbia College, in October, he 

 entered upon a post-graduate course, but circumstances 

 compelled him to abandon it early in December. He 

 immediately decided to spend the following season in 

 Texas, and March 3, .1894, found him located at Corpus 

 Christi. Four months were spent at Corpus Christi and 

 Kerville, a small town seventy miles west of San Antonio. 

 The Lone Star State proved the best botanical ground yet 

 visited. Some ten or fifteen new species were discovered, 

 and many rare ones collected. On the way to the collecting 

 field he spent a day with the Director of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, Dr. William Trelease. The results of 

 his visit to Texas were incorporated in a report entitled : 

 " Botanical Explorations in Southern Texas during the 

 Season of 1894." In it are 116 pages of descriptive matter, 

 including lengthy critical notes on many species. 



Part of July and August was spent at Washington, 

 determining the Texas collection at the National Herbarium, 

 and later, some weeks at New York, verifying doubtful 

 species. As a member of the Torrey Botanical Club, and 

 an Associate Editor of the Bulletin, visits to the metropolis 

 now became rather frequent. 



At the close of 1894, there being a vacancy at the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, Professor Trelease kindly offered 

 him the position of Assistant, Ijut the offer was regretfully 



