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number of specimens collected during these expeditions 
have greatly enriched the Garden’s collections, which are 
now the most complete of any in their representation of 
Floridian and Cuban plants. Large areas of Cuba are, 
however, as yet, very imperfectly known botanically. 
Other collecting was accomplished by Dr. Murrill, in 
mycological studies in the southwestern Catskills in 
August,* and in the mountains of Virginia in October. Dr. 
Pennell and Mr. Wilson continued studies and collections 
of the local flora within one hundred miles of New York, in 
cooperation with the Torrey Botanical Club, and thus 
materially increased the local herbarium. 
In the autumn, Dr. J. N. Rose, of the Carnegie Institu- 
tion of Washiteron, accompanied by Mrs. Rose, visited 
northern Venezuela, in continuation of the cactus investi- 
gations prosecuted by that institution in cooperation with 
the Garden, and returned with a large number of plants 
and specimens, part of which have been added to our col- 
lections. 
Preservation of Native Plants 
The income of the Caroline and Olivia E. Phelps Stokes 
Fund was used for the reproduction of paintings of three 
additional wild plants needing protection, liver-leaf, blood- 
root, and fringed gentian; these were published in the April, 
May, and June issues of Garden Journal, with accompany- 
ing accounts of the plants written by Mrs. Britton. Sep- 
arate editions of these illustrations and descriptions were 
also printed, and added to the nine others previously pub- 
lished. The twelve reproductions have also been framed, 
and the frames given to schools and located in other public 
places. The distribution of this literature and of these 
illustrations has called wide attention to the desirability of 
protecting native plants. 
* See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 17: 1§4, 155. 
t See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 17: 55, 56; 63, 64; 81, 82. 
